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    Central Heating and Gas pipes in concrete floor - what to do

    Denso tape is no longer an approved method of wrapping gas pipe in screed.
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    Size of Cold Supply to Hot Cylinder with Pump

    Why are you using a NEG pump?
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    Plumbing in my new fridge

    Unscrew the 'nipple' from the larger thread underneath and your fitting will screw straight on...
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    Draining a tank with no drain cocks

    Heat the pipe with a blow torch, run solder on to it. If it don't run its got water in it....
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    Relocation of gas meter

    You do not have to use Scotia to move a meter. As long as you are not moving the ECV and fit a secondry ECV at the meter point and CLEARLY LABEL the position of the original ECV and leave it accesable then it can be done by a CORGI with MET1. Not many people know that...
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    pipework under screed

    Denso tape is no longer allowed on gas pipes in screed.
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    Can someone just quickly explain this..

    Looks like someones convrted a gravity primatic indirect to a fully pumped sealed s-plan. With a 3bar blow off, mini-expansion vessel and a Y-strainer from the integral feed tank :shock:
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    free gas

    Best one I ever heard was: Bloke gets done for fiddling meter - on flexis both side, so he could tilt meter to stop dial turning. Local TV do a story on this, gas board man demonstrates what the customer did ON TV. Profits dropped slightly ;)
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    Plumbing W/M drain into 22mm overflow

    Are you daft?
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    Manufacturers and rule makers prejudice against elderly.

    I was up sc'boro/whitby a few days ago - the contracting work is a no go.. Looks like there's some right rough fitters up there Paul. Never seen so many incorrectly sited flues. My personal favourite was the one projecting out at least 600, three stories up. :twisted:
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    insulating water pump

    The pump should be mounted on a paving slab with a layer of 15 mm rubber on top to minimize vibration leading to noise. Donot bolt down the pump unless mnftr advises so.
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    boiler in loft!!!

    doesnt the loft need partioning off from other property as a fire break anyway?
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    Solar Hot water systems!!

    D'oh Joe! Heat is being taken for ch. Hence the lack of dhw...
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    BIASI 24S Combi boiler

    It's broken.
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    Are Vaillant Condensing boiler's worth it?

    In theory, the is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. :wink:
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    self employment (Private or Contract work)

    Paul, I'll arrange a meet with my guy this week and get more detail of the deal. I'll get in touch after that. Cheers.
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    Are Vaillant Condensing boiler's worth it?

    It's venting the heat exchanger that presents the problem. It's a fairly complex procedure and it puts most people off. Also they always seem to be undergassed at the inlet even when the supply is sized properly. It's the lack of support that did it for me. You are selling a premium product and...
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    Are Vaillant Condensing boiler's worth it?

    Tony, viessmann are available in a few merchants 'oop north'. Hargreaves, plumbase, pts to name but three. If you can get them. Problem is, nobody wants to install em, because they are such a nightmare to set up, so they give up after the first one. Sooo, the merchants no longer hold em in...
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