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No, thats what I was expecting. A rubber 'collar' like the Biasi M.96 flue outlet has. Maybe I'll ring Ariston back to see if I can speak to someone else....

No sorry, was emailing quotes to people, great way to spend my Saturday nights. Yes it was leaking from the pocket that the thermostat sits in. To me it looked fairly simple: the leak should be easily sorted by replacing the immersion heating element. However, my colleague who until 3...

Had one leaking from the thermostat phial today, straight out of the box. Is this the dodgy weld people always talk about?

I know most people don't fit these crap units, and I really don't blame them, but I was railroaded into it by a customer recently and I wondered if anyone on here has fitted one recently? My question is regarding the connection between flue elbow and boiler flue spigot: Firstly, the flue...

In these cases the supply pipes are there already, just capped off where there would normally be a meter. I'm sure it will still be expensive though. Ng have gotta make a few quid after all! OK, so I get them to decide on a supplier, the supplier then begins to supply them, then they...

Hi all, Anyone know of the procedure for having a gas meter installed where there is currently no gas to the property? By chance 2 jobs have come up at the same time with the same problem, one in a 4 storey block of flats (8 flats in total), and one in a 1st floor conversion, where at some...

Which one?!

Tony, by that reasoning CORGI could condemn every single boiler they look at because 'if the flue elbow coming off the top of the boiler was pulled off it would be flueing into the room the boiler is sited in'. The plume diverter kits have clips to secure them to the wall, and in this case...

I don't think thats correct Tony. When I was with VHL we did loads (more than 2 per week) where the air intake did not meet the minimum distance from windows, doors etc; however the exhaust was far away enough. All of them were notified. . . Personally in this case I'd rather not use the...

Cheers Dave, have never really considered putting one in so close to a corner before but this guys flat is a real nightmare layout. Its a 3rd floor, mid-1980's built affair with windows everywhere and a small overhanging eaves right above where the boiler will go. The other problem this...

Told a prospective customer the other day the bad news that he can't have his new boiler flue where he wants it as it is too close either to the opening window or the internal corner. He wants it somewhere in a 500mm strip of brickwork and it just ain't happening. He apparently got on to...

Still sure you don't want to sell me that pump adapter?... :wink:

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I haven't worked on many newer Alpha boilers, but I wholeheartedly agree that the older generation are complete sods for leaking. I am fairly well experienced in servicing & maintenance of the Alpha 240 generation, and they leak from completely random places when one is working on them. Even...

Heatspec, if theres a balancing valve in the return from the cylinder this can be used to isolate DHW circuit from CH circuit during powerflushing.

Cheers for tips guys. 1.25mm into the guttering it is...

I've got a Kamco and it can take up to 75 degrees. Is this a new thing? The results seem much much better with heated water being used, I actually think that there is no point doing a powerflush with cold water, unless you are using acid based chemicals. Even still though, I now install an...

Hi all, I've got a condense pipe to run from an upstairs bedroom in a terraced peoperty, across a flat roof, and to terminate in the rainwater guttering at the end of the flat roof. As it is a terrace and each house has an almost identical flat roof, the only guttering / downpipe is at the...

I have the domestic NG qualifications but not LPG and a customer is very desperate for me and me alone to change their LPG boiler as I come personally reccomended and they do not trust anyone else. If I didn't affect their LPG gas supply during the installation, and got a LPG accredited...