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Hi all My wifes corsa is making a clicking noise when we turn the steering to the right, and now also when we turn left. This started after we had some work done to pass the MOT. At the time the mechanics said the steering was loose, and some joint was worn so had to be changed. Since...

Boiler probs about 500 min labour. Hob maybe £150-200?

Hello I'm starting to do a few plumbing jobs and was hoping I could get some advice on how to set up business, generate work etc. I'm thinking of joining several estate agents and was wondering if I could get some advice on how to go about doing this? Do they recruit for maintenance workers...

Is it possible to use sheet plywood as flooring? I'm thinking of using exterior grade plywood to replace half the flooring in a batghroom, where it has been water damaged. It currently has floorboards, several of these have sunk in due to a long term water leak, so was thinking of removing these...

Hi all An update. I had the timing chain changed, the guy did it for £300, luckily it was my fathers very close friend so did it as a one of favour! He changed the timing chain and rollers/tensioners. Unfortunately when i drove it, I was getting the same problem, poor power when revving...

Tony I have never claimed to be a professional or experienced tradesman! I've always been good at DIY type work and recently did a short plumbing course. So have been asked by friends and fam to do a few odd jobs here and there. I quoted the price before doing the job. The landlord agreed to...

Why doesn't that Dominic dude do a show on Rogue Customers? Customers who call you out numerous times to get quotes and then never give you the job, just waste your time getting free advice and ideas of you? Or rogue customers, who halfway through a job, change their mind on the layout and want...

People who work in the trades can spot a difficult customer a mile off. I apologise if i'm judging here, but most tradesmen will avoid a difficult customer as the hassle just is not worth it. Decent jobs can be done, but these particular customers will always moan, complain, and interfere with...

Hi all, I've been asked to do some maintenance work for a local estate agents. They asked me to change a low level cistern as it was broken, and change the flush also. I changed all this and charged £50 for the materials and £90 for the labour. The landlord then kicked up a fuss saying this...

fthe boiler is called Ethose 54c, never seen one before

Also just to add the hot water also stops working, and you have to keep resetting the boiler to get it to fire up for hot water. This problem also started at the same time.

Thanks for reply Tony. Silly question but how can i check to see the charge on the external vessel? And if this is not charged, would it cause water to come out the overflow pipe? No i definately did not use prv to drain system! Used drain point on lowest rad! If it is the prv does this...

Fit a new rad on a sealed system. The boiler is a combi and has an external pressure vessel, the size of a football. After the new rad was fitted, the pressure keeps dropping to zero. Checked for leaks, none found, rads are watertight. However water is dripping out of the boilers overflow pipe...

Thanks for replies lads. Whats the best way to measure flow rate. If i remember rightly, the water was flowing ok, although flow didnt seem powerful. However it seemed enough to get the boiler fired up.

Hi, popped round a mates whos having probs with hot water upstairs. Downstairs hot water is fine. But in upstairs bathroom, bath hot tap runs hot for a min, then cold. Basin shower taps do not get hot, neither does thermostatic shower. Boiler is a vaillant turbo max combi. I cannot figure out...

So what your saying is Vaillant are a bunch of tossers. Great. Just flippin heck great!! I find this out when i need to call them??? Blooming marvellous.....

It was a brand new install, all radiators and rad pipes new as house had no central heating previously. New boiler also. All system was flushed after install.

Would this happen to a faulty valve on a brand new boiler? Especially a vaillant? Im very dissapointed. Gona have to get vaillant to send their engineer out.

Parents had vaillant eco tec 24 pro installed, i have noticed that when the turn on the hot tap, the central heating flow pipe coming out of the boiler gets hot through the first meter of pipework, even though heating has been switched off for summer. Does anyone know why this is happening on...

No, did not remove spout and grease! This may sound silly, but is silicone grease and silicone sealant the same thing? Could i not just remove the spout and put on ptfe tape, would this solve the problem?