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    Water hammer on shared main

    mate suffered this every time neighbour used tap fitted simple shock arrestor straight after stop cock and it solved it https://www.screwfix.com/p/flomasta-vessel-shock-arrestor-1-1-2-bsp/905fa
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    Oil or gas for 51 square meter bungalow with two bedrooms?

    historically oil has usually been more expensive than gas hence why most people when given the chance change to gas
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    Capped off pipes in kitchen ceiling

    possibility they are still connected and just capped off Remove the box and loosen them off a bit see if they weep if not loosen a bit more at a time
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    Gas meter cupboard change ?

    you wont cause a leak just break the bits off as none of the box forms any sort of seal with the gas service . The black ring is possibly just like a big circlip holding pipe to box Then you need a mark2 surface box when replacing it...
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    Heat only boiler on unvented system?

    yes it can be reused . as per Page 14 in the instructions from your link ...
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    Gravity based back boiler CH system - Advice needed.

    its perfectly ok to fit it on the flow
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    Soon has knocked trv loose

    no chance whatsoever of causing a leak
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    Issue with central heating cylinder install.

    cylinder stat is also placed far too high on the cylinder and temp is low at 50 Filter on expansion pipe ? Not the clearest of photos but it looks like your pump is on the flow into cylinder
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    Blocked heat exchange plate

    No solution to your problem but in the hundreds of plates i have had out changed/cleaned etc i have never seen anything that resembles how gritty that looks . In one side of the plate let along both sides . Very strange
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    radiators not working

    What sort of system do you have combi/heat only Where they all working before you changed them
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    Weird constant running water sound

    just watch the red one with nothing being used in the house check it 15 minutes later and see if it has moved
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    Noisy Baxi105e

    there is an auto vent on top of the pump usually screwed down Noise on the instants on pre heat was usually a whistling sound associated with the divertor valve
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    Weird constant running water sound

    Go and check it see if its registering you may have a leak under the floor
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    Weird constant running water sound

    is your heating on when you hear it that looks like a central heating filter
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    Lagging for an external condensate pipe

    yes there is as they can and do freeze
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    Lagging for an external condensate pipe

    not strictly true failure of the gas valve / thermostats and other components can keep a boiler on in fault condition causing the pressure to rise as expansion vessel cannot accommodate the amount of expansion from the heat being generated
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    Radiator Sludge

    which can be dealt with with chemical clean and hot and cold flushes in the vast majority of cases . But then again that doesnt generate £££ for unnecessary work
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    Radiator Sludge

    Taking rads off and flushing them outside with a hose is going to clean them far better than a powerflush
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    Has the boiler fitter bypassed our water softener???

    yep the biggest boiler manufacturer in UK needs to take advice from JOHND and older plumbers need to stop adhering to manufacturers instructions on how to fit their boilers despite this voiding warranties. . oh look here is ideal also saying the same . . . 5 water treatment Central Heating The...
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    Has the boiler fitter bypassed our water softener???

    see rodders post . As i said some manufacturers do not recommend it
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