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    single panel double convector

    Screwfix do a 600 x 1200 single....3898 btu for £36.99
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    copper pipe measurements

    Get a yorkshire 22 x 3/4 slip or some 3/4 olives to use with compression fittings.
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    Flow problem with new cold tap

    It would not be an airlock if it was a mains cold feed but could be if tank fed ? Is the other tap ok ? If so then you could swap them over (just the guts) and see what happens.
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    Outside tap not on straight

    Do it proper.......fibre washer + ptfe (liquid or other) :wink:
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    Single Pipe Systems TRV????

    How can it be a single pipe system with twin entry 8mm valves :?: I should give up now :roll:
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    Another cold radiator

    It might move it to anywhere in the system so you will have to bleed rads again. some may bleed itself depending on your system. shut off all rads except that one.
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    immersion stat failure????

    You have nothing to lose by changing the stat but if i get called out for a dodgy immersion i change the whole thing. :wink:
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    Sludge in CH heater tank

    That dark gunge is probably the last lot you put in :shock: You have to put it in when tank/system is empty so as new water can send it around system. I have seen header tanks full of what looks like an Octopus caused by unmixed inhibitor :cry:
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    Another cold radiator

    Air lock in rad.......guaranteed :cry: Try turning off all rad valves except that one and the pump might move it.
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    Soil Pipe Quality Opinions?

    Order everything from Screwfix and then say something was missing and they will send you the whole lot again :lol: I once had 10 lengths of soil and 6 bends when just one bend was missing :D They even let me keep radiators with small scratches :D
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    Cloakroom plumbing question

    Are you saying it is teed off the cistern feed pipe or the tap supply comes from the cistern itself ?
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    ideal mexico cutting out

    It's probably the gas valve. Just done one with same problem and if it was the thermocoupler it would go out straight away 99/100.
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    Trainee and my soldering is crap !!

    Thats where my Bullfinch with a 7lb bottle comes in handy :wink:
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    Neither HW or CH working - Problem filling from Feeder tank?

    Backfill with a hose connected to mains pressure. Either push the hose down cold fill outlet on header tank a few inches or onto a drain off with a jub clip and turn mains on slow. This should get the system filled :D
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    Expantion Cistern overflows

    New cylinder then :cry: £150 for a 900x450 g3 indirect pre lagged :cry:
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    Expantion Cistern overflows

    :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: Dont you just love these 5 week courses :?:
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    Main water supply pipe

    The pipe you have could be 17,18 or 20mm ? and i suggest you cut off a small piece and take it with you. The inserts vary according to the pipe wall thickness so it is best to have it with you. The fitting you will need will/could look something like this...this is a 20 x15mm push fit and if...
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