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    Freeze or drain ?

    no need for the grocers,most homes have vegetables in the kitchen/fridge just have to improvise :lol: always fit a lockshield on the ret just the way i was taught :lol:
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    Freeze or drain ?

    aproperly installed three port will have a lockshied on the ret,so bunging is a gift,remember to shut the pump valve,if no lockshield it still works so two open ends = glug glug :lol: if the tank con has lugs a carrot works as will capping the vent with a spud 8)
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    Worcester Greenstar 24i junior

    i am not too sure of the regs in the republic but they have a different set up corgi is not mandatory in the south but for me to work on gas there i have to do a mutual changeover,takes a day to do[another con]the main thing in the south is a g1,g2 qualification which is recognized by bord gais...
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    Worcester Greenstar 24i junior

    been down south in clonmel worked in dublin for a while but with my raw london accent nothing can prepare you for the warm welcome us brits get in belfast :lol: :lol:
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    Worcester Greenstar 24i junior

    too far to help bamber am in the north outside belfast :lol: :lol:
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    Worcester Greenstar 24i junior

    where about bamber north or south? :cry: :lol:
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    Boiler Water Pressure Problem

    he is just a competent diyer :lol: :lol: as we all know it is perfectly legal for a competent diyer to change a gas valve,and we all know how competence is proven? dont we? :lol: :lol:
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    vent pipe run

    feeling modest tonight dia? :lol:
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    Pipefreezing

    never had a prob with my polar freeze kit works a treat but i was always shown to make sure that the wraps were sealed tighter than a nuns fanny :lol: any electric freezers i have used have been excellent but the servicing and recharge costs are horrendous.
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    The Warm Front Team

    i am not on a price paid by the hour,have two plumbers and two apprentices,the two plumbers are from a maintenance backround and hopeless at installs but are picking it up very slowly,i do the boilers and clylinders they do the rest,at the moment we are knocking out two a week to a decent...
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    The Warm Front Team

    here in ni all completed jobs have a water sample left for the inspector,not had a bad one yet, one week before it is started fernox restorer is added to the sys and people told to run the heating as long as poss all rads are removed and mains put through both ways pipework flushed hot and cold...
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    The Warm Front Team

    depends on a number of things,they have a set price/menu we are not allowed to fit combis unless it is a grd flr flat.most of our jobs are complete heats or repairs,all work is done to regs and inspected,most repairs are conversion from oil to gas or solid fuel to oil/gas all new...
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    The Warm Front Team

    do them every day :lol:
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    Central heating - Microbore manifolds

    :lol: feeling lazy chris :lol: :lol:
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    system capacity in litres ?

    softus wrote really don't get this: the same EV is used both for absorbing the ebb and flow of CH pressure, and for preheated DHW? Shurely some mishtake? no mistake just poor design.
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    worcester 24 i LPG

    check the polarity is correct or a bad neutral.
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    Noisy ( whining ) micro bore central heating

    105s are quite resiliant to older pipework,more than likely it is a pump/fan/trv problem.this boiler has a filter on the return isolation it should be cleaned on the annual service if done properly check it is free from crud and debris simple diy job installation manuaul explains how to do it.
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    help with choosing new boiler

    you want reliabilty avoid a combi,you want something that will work for years without attention avoid a combi.just my personal opinion out of your selection worc or the vailiant would be the safer bets,have a look at viessman boilers vitodens 200 would be a good one,a bit dearer than the ones...
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    IRON TO COPPER CONNECTION: help!!

    oh yes i have dia, :roll: thats why all my stilsons are ali :lol: :lol:
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    IRON TO COPPER CONNECTION: help!!

    10/14/18/24/36/48 stilsons i would start with the fourteens and a bit of heat :lol: then the plumbers second favorite tool brute force, :lol: :lol: his first is ignorance :lol:
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