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Hi all, Everyone wants to be a plumber or gas man. I am thinking of getting into it at the other end, so to speak! I am aware of Reatfast etc, but I would like to start this up as a sole trader ,doing it part-time, alongside my main occupation to start with. Just unblocking and cleaning...

Good morning all. I have lived for 2yrs in a 4yr old new build flat. As I am on my own I have used the mostly the ensuite toilet. About 6 months ago the toilet, that has a built in cistern, started to make reverberating noises on flushing and filling up. This built up until the noise...

Hi all, Decided to do some painting this weekend while watching the olympics. On rollering the wall the top layer of plasterboard appears to have lifted off, leaving a couple of large and very unsighlty holes in the surface. I might of used too much paint on the roller and sucked the...

Good morning. With all the rules and regulations that go with electrical work these days, which other trade would you consider if you were not already an electrician? With all the rules and regulations that go with plumbing and gas these days, which other trade would you consider if you...

Good afternoon. I hold my ACS, CCN1, MET1, CKR1 and HTR1. I completed these after attending a Guild of Gas Fitters course at NESCOT college about 18 months ago. Since then I have been trying to gain some work experience with a reputable, experienced installer. I have had some success at...

Good morning. More advice for a newbie! Do any of you gas men out there just service appliances as the largest part of your jobs. Not installs , repairs just mostly servicing. I ask as this is the area I wish to concentrate on when starting out. Now as I understand it at the moment you...

Good afternoon. Hi chaps. If you have a gas appliance that is not working due to a fault (eg pilot assembly on rogue traders!) and you need to leave it a few days to wait for parts, would you isolate the appliance from the gas or leave it connected? Thanks for your help to a wanabee...

Good afternoon, Did not want to hijack the other post about cold water storage. A relative is having a combi installed by Iguana Heating under the Warm Front Grant. To keep the costs down they are keeping the cold water storage in the loft. Could some one please suggest a suitable shower...

Good afternooon gents. When attending for the service of an appliance and before touching it you have serious doubts over it passing the relevant spillage/flue flow safety tests do you normally- A Service the appliance as normal, carrying out all safety tests and then adopt the correct...

Good afternoon. How do you deal with asbestos rope seals? I take it if deffective replace with fibreglass alternative. Am I correct. How do you know it might contain asbestos? Age of boiler , appearance etc Thanks for your input Si

Hi guys further to the post about cats down the page , I have a loose stone driveway that is a litter tray for the local foxes etc . I have tried pepper and chilli powder as suggested by friends , but these don't seem to have any effect and obviously needs reapplying after rain!! Any...

Hi, wonder if any of you can help me out again. A couple of times when out with RGI I have encountered burner pressure test points where the grub screw has been impossible to loosen to allow the pressure to be taken or adjusted. No screw driver did the trick and my RGI did not seem to want to...

Good evening. Sorry for the long post. I have just taken up the carpets in my sisters house and there are good condition pine tongue and groove boards in hall way, dining and living rooms . Now money is very tight for her at the moment so I am helping as much as I can. The boards are in...

Good afternoon gents. Would like to tap into your knowledge again. While I am building my gas experience with an RGI, I am trying to buy something every couple of weeks for the toolbox, no matter how small it is. Looking through the BES catalogue (again!) I saw the rolls of boiler...

good morning gents please can anyone help with the following problem. boiler- newly installed ferroli domi compact F30b combi problem-when a hot water tap is turned on the boiler fires and the temp increases to 55 degrees. Then after 3 mins this temp falls to 25 degrees for approx...

Good afternoon chaps, Another newbee question I'm afraid. First of all can you use fire cement to seal the combustion chamber on a boiler when the rope seal is damaged/missing, for example on a Pott Kingfisher. Secondly if allowed, is this deemed a temporary repair until the rope seal...

Hi I have just spoken to the RGI that I go out with to build my experience. We serviced a Baxi Bermuda BBU on friday and the customer has called him back. When lighting the boiler pilot the burner lights at a low rate. When the boiler temp is set to 0 the burner is still at a low rate and not...

hi chaps first post so be gentle. Having no real plumbing experience I enrolled on a Basic Gas Utilisation course in sept 2005 at Nescot college and after that completed my ACS CCN1 and elements in sept 2006. Since then I have been working in my spare time with a local rgi to build up a...