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Sorry RC did not mean to upset anyone, so a thousand appoliges to any of you who took offence :oops: Just had some estimate's and was trying to work out who was doing the job right and for a fair price so i guess i was in a bit of a hurry sorry folks

No one heard of Alumasc polymer then :roll:

Has anyone on here used Alumasc polymer?? got an estimate for re-roughcasting and the guy said he prefered to use this stuff as it sets like concrete, also how many coats should it have as he has only one on the estimate, is he cutting corners?? There is a gap between the windows at the top and...

yeah about as sensible as some of you lot on here

no he is a plumber just EFFIN lazy! they installed a new combi boiler for me corgi reg and all that, told them just to leave the old cylinder in as its behind a fitted unit but you can access the top thats where he cut out the two pipes and they were meant to empty the water out as its not in...

sorry lads it is the cylinder, the plumber said something about the type of cylinder is the reason he cant syphon it off, said he tried but something about elements inside stopped the hose going in?? not being a plumber it looks just a normal cylinder to me i think he just could not be a----d so...

how hard would it be to syphon off the hot water tank? cant drain it because the pipe to drain it off was cut from the tank when they removed the old back boiler, is it possible to syphon off and if so how is it done my plumber say's it cant be done :roll: and just to let it evaporate :shock:

Thanks for the info folks just like to add the colour of the tiles before the council changed them to red were infact grey, another thing my house is a semi do i have to inform my neighbour about the work to be done?? dont think it would be a problem but you never know

HI there can anyone advise please, most of the houses round my estate have had there roofs re-tiled by the council the colour of the tiles are red, but i'am thinking of doing mine with gray tiles because i dont like the red, do you need planing permission for this.

cheers folks thanks for the info need to keep an eye on things when they come to fit it

Getting a new boiler fitted but keeping old system guy said he would pressure flush the old system to clean it out, then put an inhibiter in the system to stop corroision, is this better than a chemical flush? or is just the same, also where does all the crap water end up.

OK here goes been qouted £1800 for the job above, new boiler is HALSTED EDEN SBX, 38 KW, 2 year warranty, or will fit VOEKERA if i want it instead

fair enough :shock: plumbers are very touchy sorry i asked

Hi there iam looking to change my boiler what do you consider a fair price for removal of old boiler, flush old system, and fit new boiler,in a 3 bed semi

cheers for that dave :wink:

Hi folks is it ok to fit a new boiler but keep the old system in place?? can you adapt the new boiler to the old system easy enough, and i presume flush out the old system befofre fitting the new boiler :wink:

Is it possible to do a PM on this forum? dont like having too much personal info for all to see.

Thanks very much for the advice lads looks like a no goer they wont be getting my hard earned money. One other thing they put a expansion joint down the middle of a gable end on one house i asked why they did this and he said it was too big to do the whole gable and that it was in case of...

thanks for the replies lads, had a look at some of the work they have done so far, couple of things not sure if they are right , on the front of the house there is a space between the top window and bottom which is like tongue and groove timber panels which fit inside the reveals, they have...

Hi there folks can you help please, some guys are round the estate just now doing roughcasting, seems like a good job they are doing but then iam not a builder, he asked if i wanted mine done so asked for a price £2.500/£2.800 for 3bed semi is this ok? they charge £1,800 for mid terrace. I also...