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    Payment up front for plumbing work

    If the client is unkown to me i ask for materials cost when they are delivered to site.If i know em or its not a lot of money i dont bother till completion and just get paid in full.
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    Thermal stores

    Not fitted any for long while and never one i have had to specify myself . I need a system suitable of suppling a large house 5 bed 3bath (2with Shower units also).Gotta be some sort of mains system as they have plans for every inch of roofspace and the tanks are not part of there plan. Seen...
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    Let by testing

    Been back and whatever they did its rock solid now,he had even managed to get a cloth on the hob i moaned about being so grease coated. Thanks edit , went back as with it letting by at that rate i hadnt completed a soundness test and i cant for my peace of mind let that happen.
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    Let by testing

    Is there a permisable amount allowed. Going back to Landlord safetey check later on , stopped it yesterday due to meter letting by at a rate of about 1.5mb in a min. Tried working handle and rechecked a few times but constant 1.5 a min by, Advised a transco call out,left it turned off as...
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    Case repair on Potterton Suprima 70 - how dangerous?

    I found one of these doing a boiler service ,comp coupling slowly leaked ,had eaten a 3" hole round the Flow and return pipes. The customer cliamed of there house insurance.
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    Alpha CB 50

    Yes i have the CITB uvhw ticket Thanx for the reply ,i have quoted him aprox 4h labour plus seals kit, so will see how it goes.
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    Alpha CB 50

    Got a leak from conection to cylnder at conection for PRV between points 291 -> 290 on alpha drawing linked. http://www.alpha-boilers.com/Uploads/other_content/CB50_Exploded_View.pdf Any one ever changed one or stripped the cylnder out of one of these ,,acording to tech help will have...
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    Chimney on new house - wet in loft?

    From what i understand from you description you are describing the chimney tray,A piece of lead (2 inches bigger than the chimney that's goes all the way across the chimney (some times 2 are used),it should be dressed up on the inside of the roof space to form a lip and outside it should be...
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    Baxi 105e Flame out on heating

    Could be minimum burner preasure is to low when it mods down for heating.
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    New Regulations on Installing a Regular Condensing Boiler

    Were all the quotes exactly the same boiler ? different models and makes have differing gas requirments ,flue locations ,plume management kits can vary wildly between makes of the required minimum measurements.
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    Weeping rad valve

    they could seal them selves as you sugested ,if not undo nuts and put a few wraps of PTFE tape over the olive and retighten.
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    New TRVs

    The TRvs not being straight,while being a pet hate of mine is not any thing wrong i prefer to put them in straight but see many dont kick the pipes to get them straight, Not fitting new lockshields ,did you pay for new lockshields to be fitted ? if not they were only doing what they were...
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    Copper pipes vs plastic

    I carry a coil of 22,15 in the van all the time ,have had the same coils for a very long time as i very rarely use it ,there isn't many occasions i would but it certainly has its uses. Have done a new build site of 60+ townhouses and the stuff was good as gold but still cant bring myself to...
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    Testing New Stack Pipe

    They can ask for a air test but what they usually get unless its a fresh inspector is , Bag/plug top of stack Bag plug base of stack Flush toilet ,level rises and they watch it for a while ,talk over a few bits etc then check the level again ,meet one who put a piece of paper floating in...
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    Cold Water Storage Tank

    Youn can get a standard round tank almost completly flat,needs a bit of a jump on to get it completly flat but it works.If you are doing it on your own fold it with a bit of rope on the floor and soon as you have it as flat as you need tie it quickly ,much easier with 2 people .
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    What is the difference between....

    The service valve i believe your talking of has a compression one end and Tap connector the other end.Saves having two fittings but costs way more than the two fittings combined.
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    lead

    lol was so well misspelled i did it twice :)
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    lead

    My old man was a gas fitter and when i was getting ready to start my course at collage 17 years ago he had me in the shed wiping lead joints in the vice horizontal vertical was interesting at time.Never done it iN collage never done it in my working life since.
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    Boiler manuals reference source

    Yes i am CORGIregistered and have filled in the argi forum access part but not heard back. If the pay site is comprehensive and reasonable i really don't have a problem paying. I mostly require MI for teh pack i supply to a couple of landlords i get a lot of work from ,they get a new...
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    Boiler manuals reference source

    Is there one ,paid for or not ,i sometimes have trouble tracking down manuals for some boilers ,where the manufacturers site doesnt list em any more or its not on any of the cds i have gathered.
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