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    Potterton Puma 80e No Hotwater

    You must go like a snail,a combi change ,i get there for 8am and by 8.45 ive gotr the new one up and the flue in ,so ill cut the flow and return and put 2 valves on and then set the machine up and for 20 min just let it run without a chemical and loosen any sludge, ill go and reverse it as...
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    its the customers who should be on the telly as well

    didnt you see this story in the paper last month it did happen in the meseyside area but i just changed it a bit to make it a bit more intresting but as its backfired id rather be called daft than a conman,so i hold my hands up it wasny me and i charge £150 to change a pump ,£170 new valves ,
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    its the customers who should be on the telly as well

    I am hardworking and dont make a fortune upto nown i have nothing in for the last working week this year,after a good november,4 full c/h installations, 5 combi changes and 3 conv changes,and a few repairs i done ok so i must be doing something right to get recomondations and get paid without 1...
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    Potterton Puma 80e No Hotwater

    I dont understand why your so aggresive , a combi chsange can be done in 1/2 day and isnt to hard to do is it ,and a powerflush so you dont read a paper while thje machine is running,ok, and i dont understand them please explain to me ,all about p/f and 1.400 is ok for l/pool for a combi change
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    Boiler will not fire up after refitting a radiator.

    take a cup open a rad vent and take enough water until its down to 2 bar you could open the red/black valve were the pipe goes from to outside but it might start leaking ,3 bar isnt dangerous just to high and if it creeps up it will cause it to go out through your pipe ,easy way ,out of a rad...
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    GLOWWORM COMBI 100E - FLUCTUATING WATER TEMPERATURE

    if the secondry h/ex was blocked then it wouldnt be coming on and off would it?,wouldnt it go to overheat and need resetting ,not a gas valve proplem solenoid sticking or a flow switch?
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    its the customers who should be on the telly as well

    oh i forgot it was the 27th of december and was 5 pm so it was cheap
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    worcester boiler probs

    gerry i honestly think its your secondry heat ex the white roundish part with 2 pipes either end.its blocked up now what id do is get it changed ,ive tried to powerflush them clear but no good ,you can try putting some chemicals in and leaving for a while,but its classic signs of this being...
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    its the customers who should be on the telly as well

    Ive just been to price a job and his neighbour who he didnt like got me out last year.this is what were up against. It was only local and when i went the pump had gone and it had 2 of the well made valves on and was in a good position ,so i said "pumps gone and i can do it now for £250" .So i...
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    Thorn Apollo 50/65 Heating Boiler

    Might be muck in the pilot assembely which could have been forced in when gas turned back on or the overheat stat is dodgy and your new t/c it could have done with changing the o/heat sta as it links into the t/c make sure it hasnt been linked out
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    Boiler fires up on its own

    Even with the syncrohn motor out it fires up,? so must be microswitches in the valve ive seen it when there old and the insides are starting to go and water is weeping out the centre and causing the electrics to go a bit mad
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    worcester boiler probs

    Jerry,it could be a build of sludge in the system, which has caused the heat exchanger to stop the water flowing through as it should and its building temp right up and as the sludge has nowere to go its getting very hot and the o/h stat is coming in.The worscter 240 was really well known for...
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    Potterton Puma 80e No Hotwater

    Who said i was posting wrong answers,and sometimes people wanmt different opinions unl;ess its a obvious answer , then its a waste of time giving all types of answers, but a flow switch i would have gone with that answer as well , i wouldnt have said that you should stop giving wrong replys and...
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    worcester boiler probs

    pressure is it ok 1bar - 2 bar,if so your pump might be going and sludge may be causing poor circulataion is your h/w ok or is it both ?
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    Why try and belittle people

    Im not boasting,someone hurt my family and then went to scotland i got a call at 2am he was in glasgow and the address, i was there by 5am and through the door and he was in hospital and me in my car coming home by 5.10.and the only thing i regret i didnt do what i wanted and kill him, i was 3mm...
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    Why try and belittle people

    Can i just add a bit to my original post, Joe 90 said"did u call the original poster a prick cos he didnt like people being impolite". I am not some snobby plumber,i live in a area of liverpool which is in the news alot for the wrong reasons,im 30 and have done my job since 17 apart from a 4yr...
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    biasi ? any one

    Any ideas on a biasi combi, ive just been out and it whats happening is the h/w will fire but very cool out of taps and c/h nothing ,no fan,no pump,a green light is flashing on the facia it;s fast about 2 per sec. I know nothing about these and it;s a neighbour so stuck with it any ideas please lads
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    1st PowerFlush

    I get all my p/flushs through b/gas, customer rings and tells me they want a p/flush. I ask why and they tell me b/gas said so,because he got a magnet and it stuck to the pipes,so its full of sludge and its got to be done.even though i say if your system isnt working due to poor circulation a...
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    1st PowerFlush

    I have been doing p/flushs since 2000 and the only time ive ever had any pipework or rads leak is on the very first one in a very old cottage with a system that had pipes buried in concrete in a kitchen. I have done hundreds since and i really believe it's not worth the money,i have done loads...
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