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    Olympic F Firebird - problems :(

    A friend of mine has one of these beats and he says it fires up then cuts out when it gets to temperature but then when it needs to kick in again it doesnt fire up.....fan runs so does the pump. sounds like an intermittent fault but can anyone help me with this!?!? what do you guys reckon thanks
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    Noisy Glowworm Ultimate

    how did you come up with the faulty gas valve?
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    MicroBore Radiator fitted with T Piece

    teeing off a microbore for another rad sometimes doesnt work and you are best running new pipework if you can
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    Boiler only doing central heating-rid of F&E tank?

    only reason i asked was because they want a new boiler at end of year so if there was an internal expansion vssel with filling loop i could use it as one. but you would just rip out old tank, cap off, fit expansion next to the heat only boiler away you go? then fit new HE boiler when there...
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    Boiler only doing central heating-rid of F&E tank?

    basically been working in a shop, they have water heaters doing there hot water everywhere, and they have this boiler doing just 6 downstairs rads, however the F&E tank is upstairs in next doors property which ive ripped out today. is there something i could put in just for the central heating...
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    Bundles of copper - cheapest prices online to order? in bulk

    hey there, im after buying a few bundles about 15 bundles of both 15mm and 22mm and wondering wheres the best place online to get it ordered and delivered!? cheers
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    Saniflo Sanivite brand new ...not fooking working...help

    yeah off tinternet, pain in the arse.you shouldnt have to touch any of the insides according to instrctions but tried fiddling about with it without any look.. doing my head in....300 quid aswel..ill have to be on the phone first thing... why is it all the small ****ty jobs are always a ball...
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    Saniflo Sanivite brand new ...not fooking working...help

    anyway we have swapped an 8 year old sanivite with a brand new 1, sme connections sraight on. electrician gone to wire it up, sound no probs power to the unit! try and fill it up .......not kicking in tenant going mad, not has a shower for 4 days, has a 2 month old kid....and they have no...
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    Please look if you are a professional plumber

    without seeing everyones post on here id say our 2 month apprentice would do a better job and he has never touched a blowlamp or bender. where was the clips the level , bender, heat matt, circular saw etc..... the whole lot wants ripping out and re doing. they should be locke up for that...
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    instantaneous water heater to run off cold storage tank

    hmmmm what are we going for then lads, even the 10 litre heaters wont wirk, do they need 1bar of pressure to operate?
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    Scratched a gas pipe with a saw

    ....hmmm do it live!?
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    instantaneous water heater to run off cold storage tank

    unfortunately not good enough....although i suggested the same :)
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    instantaneous water heater to run off cold storage tank

    ive been asked to fit a 25 gallon storage tank on top of a cabin and put somesort of water heater inside the cabin that produces some hot water for wahing hands only?! apparently they need it in there so they are alowed to work on site. anyway, as i have never done this apart from off mains...
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    sealing joints in plastic pipes

    yeah was wondering myself? not worth bodgin pal, if you need to take it out at a later date then just cut it out?!
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    Vokera linea 28 - hot water not very hot!!

    basically, tenants get warm water but when someone else tries for ot water they both go cold. are here any persistant problems with these boilers? not sure how old it is, doesnt lok brad new id have a guess at 5 years. told them id sort out a service but what thngs to look for?! cheers people
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    lead gas pipe off meter to copper

    dont people work on sundays?! i must be doing something wrong ha ha
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    lead gas pipe off meter to copper

    as i stated i didnt do it that way!!!!! you lot make me laugh. im sure the ones of you which are corgi know absolutely everything about gas.....ha ha i dont think so! i work mainly on sites so don't come across much lead, thats why i asked the question, but cheers lads for the help it was...
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    lead gas pipe off meter to copper

    ****e sorry mate i missed T out ha ha. you can tell from my post i didnt use one just need to know in the same situation would 'sweating' it be legal or is there i 'proper' fitting?
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    lead gas pipe off meter to copper

    i was on a job yesterday and had to get 22mm to the boiler. the meter was about 10ft so i thought yeah sound no problems ill get a tee in off the meter. came to look at the meter in the kitchen and saw it was lead off and it dissapeared under the floor to feed a fire and a hob somewhere along...
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    gas pipe work (compression joints)

    he he :) if you can access the joint then cause you can use compression, we dont do though even if it is accessible as if you think about it, eveything is eventually accessible whether you just have to screw a panel off to get to it or rip a whole kithcen out and chop the wall out. a...
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