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  1. ollski

    Acid stained granite worktop

    Spilt some acid on my black granite worktop the other day which is now much less black in a few spots where i couldnt clean fast enough. It doesn't seem to be damaged but definitely faded....is there a product I could attempt to repolish it with like a T cut type of thing before I enlist...
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    Desparatly need advice with ongoing problems with RD532 combi boiler

    Is it definitely the old rd532 or the newer 532i?, if the pump has 2 purple wires in addition to the 3 core feed then id definitely start there.
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    Desparatly need advice with ongoing problems with RD532 combi boiler

    Agree, bet its one of those awful modularing pump heads
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    New boiler required...but which one?!

    It doesnt quite work like that, most faults arent detailed in the manual and the majority of experienced guys pretty much know the likely fault from experience before they head out of the door.
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    Any leeway on boiler services?

    Im the only person i k ow with a printer!
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    Vaillant Turbomax plus F22 fault 10 mins after HW demand

    Plated heat exchanger i expect, test the temperatures on the inlet and outlet and see what youve got
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    What is the worth of a good torch for soldering pipe

    Yes superfire 2 works upside down and thats often a position i find myself in if im ever forced into hot works
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    Hive active heating to replace potterton ep2001

    Lose the link to 5 and wire the rest up the same ie lne and hw on,off and ch on. Link your room stat out at either wiring centre end (preferable) or make n safe on its own and link l and ls wires to room stat
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    Questions about Worcester Bosch Greenstar 37CDi combi boiler

    Im not knocking your service, just saying its above and beyond what it needs. Obviously its 2 mi utes to whip out and clean the trap so you would...but you can see if they need doing. I personally would do a full check on the vessel if rads need bleeding but i generally ask that first and if...
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    Questions about Worcester Bosch Greenstar 37CDi combi boiler

    Service procedure is in the manual. The above would certainly be an extremely thorough service and a lot of that work would be optional rather than required. All the cdis you can visually see if the condensate needs cleaning, the expansion vessel pressure will show if its required on the max...
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    Expansion vessels on hot water cylinder. Are they designed to fail?

    Potable water expansion vessels do not let the membrane come into contact with the mild steel body at any point, they are like a hot air balloon shape rubber membrane and thinner than the membrane stretched across the red ones as they shouldn’t have any sort of aggressive chemicals to deal with...
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    Expansion vessels on hot water cylinder. Are they designed to fail?

    A 3 bar vessel is for unvented hot water not central heating and will be unsuitable to replace a 0.7 - 1 bar ch vessel, you know that right?. Just checking.
  13. ollski

    What are the general rules when tradesman asks for a deposit?

    The 25% restocking fee and wasted time?
  14. ollski

    Kuterlite valve

    These are mine, lovely.7238FB8D-511A-4410-8194-D1ED3AAC97AB by ollski posted 22 Jun 2019 at 5:02 PM
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    Worcester Greenstar 18Ri

    It may just be the condensate blocked but equally it could be gas pressure so I’d give someone a ring
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    Kuterlite valve

    22mm pipe takes some serious overtightening to distort!.is it seized open or shut?, if open just fit another one where it is accessible.
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    External expansion vessel to vaillant ecotec boiler

    There’s very few prvs you can’t just swap the heads on
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    External expansion vessel to vaillant ecotec boiler

    I’ve had a pint of condensation water from the schraeder before with a perfectly intact membrane. I’m still astounded by the number of heating engineers who can’t repressurize a vessel correctly....and don’t even start me on external unvented vessels, if he doesn’t come down the stairs looking...
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    1st boiler service manufacturer or local engineer

    Get a decent local in, it will need virtually nothing doing.
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