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Never do any drainage work myself, but I'm sure it will NOT be possible to terminate a soil stack inside a roof space. There must be a way to re-route it so that it can go through the roof or something?

Anyone here any experience of these boilers? Went to a newly installed one the other day which whad a small leak on it, never seen them at any of the shows, or really noticed them much in the trade mags. It looked pretty decent though.

...unless you need the cupboard space! Why not ask your plumber or whoever he is about simply upgrading the system you have to a more energy efficient and controllable one? EG: - Condensing system boiler & fully pumped SEALED system - Factory lagged DHW cylinder with a high (ish) recovery...

Go with washing up liquid + finger mate! Make sure and fill the bath first though so that when they fill it it doesn't break the seal. Do one side at a time, put loads of washing up liquid in a bowl, put the silicone on, liquid on fingers then push the silicone in lightly into the joint...

Erm Meldrews mate, I don't build or design boilers so no that statement obviously does not include my work. You state that you have fitted 40 of these units in 2 years and that you have had few failures, does that mean you rarely work on them? Have you ever tried changing any of: PRV, plate...

Lesson in economics for all the numpty's moaning about what heating engineers & plumbers earn: Don't mistake a heating engineer's TURNOVER figure for his or her's PROFIT for a job. If the job costs you £3k and the installer is forking out £1500 for boiler & radiators, then he's not making £3k...

Yep, the contract my firm has has over 1000 Icos/Isar's in operation, most under 3 years old, and its rare for a week to go by where I haven't visited at least 3 which have leaked, PCB failure, banging h/e, or unexplainable and annoying water leaks. I'm talking about boilers which have been very...

£20 on van fuel mate??? I'm minimum of £55 p/w and thats if I've no jobs outside of N.London to go to. £10 a week on phone?? Most of us here are probably on £30-£40 per week!

Avoid Ideal boilers like the plague. Do a search on here about Isar's or Icos's ad you will see what other engineers think of them. Baxi is better but not great. Why not Worcester Greenstar range, not much more expensive than Baxi if bought from Plumb Centre by someone with a Trade account...

Are there no nuts you can partially open near the top of the system? Failing that why not drain it and install some air pips at high level?

Looked on there, seems to be nothing about car audio in any threads, only info on engines, bodywork etc etc. Thought I might seek the professional opinion of electricians seeing as car audio is all about electrics. If you don't know then never mind.

Is there another place on here I should have posted? If you can't help me yourself then it's better to leave no reply than leave a smartarse comment.

Hi all. Thinking of putting in a car stereo system, comprising of head unit, probably 4 x speakers, amplifier and sub. Just wondered if anyone here has any experience of doing something like this, and if theres anything I should look out for or be aware of. I'm especially wondering how...

I've got a Kamco and a Magnaclean powerflush filter, both excellent pieces of kit. I'd steer away from the fernox one, I occasionally use one at the company I work for and it is less user friendly than the Kamco.

Yes Nige, but 20 years ago they probably did cold and hot flushes after installing boilers, thus clearing the majority of flux and installation material out of the system. Now, it is VERY uncommon in any new build or social housing projects for new systems to be properly flushed after...

Yes, check the cold feed for a blockage. Once you cut it out, replace it with a few compression fittings rather than soldered fittings, as that way you will be able to remove it again in the future if this happens again. Oh, and it maybe might be worth checking the pump like the man says, as...

Never had much experience of UFH myself, but I think I'd like to have it in the kitchen & bathroom of a flat I've just bought. Its going to have a standard 2 pipe system running off of a Vaillant or Viessmann system boiler with radiators in the hall, the 2 bedrooms & living room, and a small...

Your budget for a boiler extends to £900! For a house of that size you should be looking to spend a minimum of £900 and get at least a 35kw condensing system boiler using a thermal store or unvented system if your water pressure is up to it, or keeping your cylinder if it meets your current...

Yes, and please try and research modern unvented or thermal storage hot water systems as either would seem to be more appropriate to your situation.

Well there is no requirement to actually BE qualified to do plumbing work, anyone can say they are a plumber, or have a plumbing NVQ. The test is whether or not you can actually do the job. If you are gas engineers who are also competant at doing plumbing work then you should be paid as...