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My unqualified mates at plumbing college charge between £250 and £500 for replacing suites.

what happens if you open up the radiator valves on the return side more? Did you balance the radiators? Are you saying that the radiators get hot even when you set the system for hot water only?

motorized valve not working?

If I was to fit radiators on walls and install all the water pipework for a combi but not put the boiler on the wall, fit any gas pipework or do anything with a flue would a corgi registered plumber be happy to fit the boiler, run the gas pipework and attach the flue and then commisson the...

one million pounds as well taydo. I got that through an insurance broker. Its with AXa. maybe its cheaper if someone is qualified and experienced.

I mentioned in another post about a plumber who gave a quote for £1000 to install a new boiler with all the gas pipework already there. Then he dropped the figure to £600 when my friend said she had found another plumber who would do it for £600. I didn't actually know how long it takes to...

Dp do you charge 1100 pounds for a day's work?

So part 1 wouldn't be used in cold water cisterns or feed and expansion cisterns or WC cisterns supplied direct from the mains? Does that mean part 1 are only used in WC cisterns supplied from a tank. Are they used anywhere else? In an overflow situation wouldnt water still go into the inlet...

Does anyone know where part 1 and Part 2 float valves should be used and why?

Are you talking to me DP? I didn't mention the cost of the boiler. The £1000 was for labour. If he was so quick to do it for £400 less than his original offer then £600 obviously is worth his while.

Why don't you get three quotes? Even if people here say they would charge cheaper if no-one in your area will do it cheaper what can you do?

At my college we had a talk by a guy from Titan Tanks, the company which makes oil tanks. He was showing us lots of pictures of tanks which were in dangerous locations, one of which was in a car park. He mentioned the danger of cars smashing into the oil tank. I think the problem wasn't so much...

I've got Grundfos's guide to domestic pumps (11 pages long). It says that the central screw is a vent plug which allows trapped air to escape (which should only be touched when the power is off) and it also provides access to the pump shaft.

Geoff, I'm not a heating engineer just a plumbing student. If your upstairs radiators are warm enough but not overhot and your downstairs radiators are too cool then I guess the problem isn't that your system needs balancing. I'm assuming that a) your boiler is at the right...

well you can easily balance them yourself so maybe its best to try that first (seeing as you should do that anyway). You can buy a couple of clip on thermometers from a plumbers merchant or you can do it without them Do you know how to balance your radiators? I'll tell you if you dont know

My friend asked a plumber to install a boiler and he said he would do it for £1000. She asked someone else and the other guy said he would do it for £600. The first plumber called her again and said he would match the second plumbers price. It seems like some people just make up huge figures in...

Is it a boiler or is it a kettle?

If he changed the ball valve the plumber must have thought that the water was coming in the mains cold water inlet pipe that the ball valve is attached to, and the ball valve wasn't stopping the flow of water If he changed the hot water cylinder was that because he thought there was a leak in...

On which pipe is the pump located?

Do a search on google UK for "balancing radiators". The first page has about 5 website pages that explain how to do it.