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    Strange Lockshield type valve???

    it's a very old valve approx 30 years old and will no doubt leak after adjustment and need replacing..
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    Boiler extinguishes after a few seconds?

    You have to have it checked if the property is rented and not everybody has their car MOT'd there are thousands that do not. Servicing on cars is optional.. :)
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    Boiler extinguishes after a few seconds?

    The unserviced boiler has not killed him... perhaps he is just lucky It still should be serviced every year as per MI, as car makers state as well, either a milage or every 12 months. It always amazes me how people think like this. They have their car serviced and MOT'd anually even if they...
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    Ideal Classic Boiler/New Pump/Airlock?

    The cold feed is the pipe out of the bottom of the small tank that feeds the CH system. With the symptoms you have described and the fact the tank is full its odds on it is blocked.
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    Potterton Puma 80e

    Good chance it is the pump
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    Ideal Classic Boiler/New Pump/Airlock?

    Header tank dry ? Cold feed blocked?
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    Boiler extinguishes after a few seconds?

    How long since it was serviced?
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    Training centre for G3. Where about?

    cant help you with a centre in Bucks but it's a one day course at most centres.
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    Glow-worm BBU 45/4 Backboiler problem

    Was it working before it was serviced? if it was phone the person who serviced it back
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    boiler gas feed question

    He needs to buy a bigger drill :lol:
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    new plumber getting started

    I bet thats take home with uniform provided, holiday pay, sick pay etc that all has to be taken into account when you are self employed.
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    City & Guilds N/SVQ 6012 Domestic Gas

    Had some experience assessing some candidates who had done the 6012 at the local college I used to work at, the course like any is only as good as the people running it. You will still need to be working alongside a CORGI engineer to gain your on the job practical evidence some of which must be...
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    Is my meter letting by?

    If he suspected the ECV was letting by which is what his original post said he would need to get TRANSCO to change the ECV no RGI would legally change an ECV unless it was on a secondary meter. edit: sorry the original OP thought he had a problem with the regulator which is still the...
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    Is my meter letting by?

    If you are a fellow DIY'er giving dangerous advise perhaps you should do it giving the OP your full name and contact details so he and his neighbours can get in touch when things go drastically wrong. The OP was given good advise earlier in the thread and that was to contact TRANSCO. Even a RGI...
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    Fixed Price Boiler Repairs

    You have a good chance of a free visit to quote for a new installation but you don't expect somebody to call out spend time diagnosing a fault and not charge you for that visit so you can look for somebody to fit the parts cheaper ?
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    Fire Front & Back Boiler Question

    He obviously does not know what he is on about.. :shock:
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    Fire Front & Back Boiler Question

    Just in case you did not hear him NO!!
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    Advice on Joining the Gas Trade

    So are colleges, in fact there is more incentive for a college to ensure everybody gets through an NVQ as they get funding units. I have a vested interest here as I run a commercial centre, although previously I worked for a local college. In fact our gas course works out cheaper than an NVQ if...
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    Advice on Joining the Gas Trade

    The hardest thing you will find is an engineer to work alongside for 70 days minimum on gas work who is corgi registered. Without this expierience you will not be allowed to sit your ACS exams whatever college course you have taken. My advice is get this work placement first before you quit your...
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    pvc pipes in central heating

    It could be leaking from the plastic but more likely to be leaking from more copper that has deterioated. Call the plumber back to check the plastic.
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