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    Alpha CD32C Common Problems!

    touches wood' I have an alpha CD 32 and for 2 yearsbeen flawless :D Im waiting for spark gen to go as ill be ringing the rep for one :evil: :lol: New boilers look good, went to PTS same as mick and its about time they did the packaging of them like everyone elses. compact and solid...
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    Super glue on paintwork!

    if u dont wana wait till it freezes get some freeze spray for pipes and spray it on it..see if it does the job. paint should be ok as cars designed for some real frosty stuff eh :D
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    VOKERA. 1st time fit-- crap!

    Fitted a vokera combi today for first time.. UTTER CRAP. The haning jig got fixed and plumbed..hung the boiler and the connections underneath were miles out. The nuts were a good 25mm from the threads on the boiler connections. I think due to the poor quality of the jig and flimsyness it...
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    Installing a Wood Burning Stove

    no leave it as is.. well u can use a liber but have to be a solid fuel one which is big money. if chimney is intact then its fine. Off the top of the log burner sits a piece of cast pipe that sticks through a board(out of sight) and thus seals tyhe chimney off from the room. the stove...
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    boiler condensate

    have to run the comdense through a neitraliser.
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    Vaillant Turbomax VUW 242E not firing

    check power to the gas valve..is it opening? is the burner clean?
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    ONE rad continually getting air in and V.noisy.

    air is getting in somewhere..either a leak where u cant tell and air getting in your system is wrong and the pump is pulling air in and finding itself in that radiator.
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    BUILDING REGS fitting isolation valves to cold and hot taps

    I hate short shower hoses.. can never rinse my ars4 properly. My shower hose therefoe can sit in the bottom of the tray :mrgreen:
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    Bulding Regs

    :shock: :shock: :shock: WHAT! KEN SMITH dosent have the vast knowlage in that old wise head of his :?: :lol: :lol:
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    Adding a bend to a soil stack

    id say centre line of screw holes and how much play u have with them for movement of screwing to the floor inside the pan.
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    First Car & Insurance

    unless its a track or deristricted then balls out :D
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    skips

    yup i do in lancs and most folk i know. I had a skip for earth a few weeks back when i was digging out for underfloor heating. Every 6inch load i put on got rollered down with a concrete roller :lol: I didnt overfill it but boy i bet it was heavy- proper compacted was that skip :o
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    First Car & Insurance

    Well the usual applies. Small cheap cars always cheapest to insure. FORD KA, FIAT CINQ, CORSA, 106 (small engines) saxos...etc etc.. pick what u like most. All have low running costs as easy on fuel and cosumables, pads, filters, tires etc.. The things that keep insurance cheap are...
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    woodburning stoves

    Just keep a bag of smoke less coal by the fire and burn what u want :lol:
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    Auto Air Vent Srew Cap Loose Or Tight !!!

    yup it seems all different. some have caps, some dont. some say leave open some dont. Do what u feel :D If an exisiting istalation with no air probs i shut it,if new i leave it open to get rid of last bits of air.
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    using a lined chimney for coal/wood fire instead of gas

    If it pulls it pulls. If not your room will be full of smoke :lol: But id say your biggest problem is the temperatures as will be MUCH hotter. I think a standard flueliner is not capable of higher temps and could melt as such. As u can buy solid fuel liners and these are way expensive :shock:
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    Toilet not waterproof?

    Yup ive had a cistern with a hairline crack in. my head was done in! kept checking all the connections over and over. then finally saw a small bubble from the pottery. bingo!
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    Frozen Engine or Gearbox siezed?

    well true. K series are shi=oite! too.
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    how many bends??

    just loses momentum. our turds dont have VTEC past a certain amount of bends :lol:
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