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Just about to do the online test for the BG Service/Repair contract which is advertised on the Rigg Energy website. Was told by the Rigg employee I spoke to that the subcontractors make between £600-1000 a week. Have my suspicions, though, since it seems to be permanently advertised which leads...

Saw an advert in Installer magazine for gas/elec safety certificate engineer franchise with Gas-elec Group. All looks very good, as these things always do, estimated income of 50+k etc. Anyone actually taken the plunge or know anyone who has? How much is the initial investment? As a gas engineer...

Just pricing up for a central heating on a new build. 4 bedrooms, family bathroom, en suite wet room, downstairs cloakroom, underfloor heating downstairs, rads upstairs. Fitting a 210 litre unvented cylinder. As for boiler choices, I'm drawn mostly to a Remeha Avanta system boiler or a...

Looking for a programmer for a customer who is registered blind. She told me they are available as she's seen one (!), but I can't find any. Any ideas?

Doing a quote for a customer for a new combi. Fitted a couple of Ideal Logic+'s as I like the 5 year warranty, however, not at all impressed by the DHW performance. Thinking of recommending a Remeha Avanta 28c, heard lots of good things about them and they're cheaper than a Potterton Heatmax! On...

Changed a 3 port valve on a Y Plan 2 days ago. Since then the boiler locks out after a couple of minutes when the central heating on. Checked the pump and it is running. Bled it as well but still no change. In CH/DHW mode the boiler doesn't lock out, although only the upstairs rads get hot...

I'm working on a new build house at the moment, carrying out all the plumbing and heating work. The customer wants to fit solar panels after the rest of the house is done, and wants me to "put the pipework in place" in the roof before the internal roof space is boarded (the roof space will be 2...

Thinking about fitting a Vitodens 100 system boiler in a refurb farmhouse. The Viessmann system boilers are 4 pipe, I believe, so flow and return to rads/underfloor heating manifold and flow and return to unvented (Tribune) cylinder, with the 2 port valve on the cylinder wired only to the high...

Anybody know of any sompanies in South Yorkshire who will bend a radiator to fit into a 1930's bay window, or failing that fabricate one?

Pricing a job in a cottage renovation, customer wants boiler and unvented cylinder fitted in cellar. Told him this wouldn't be possible as there would be nowhere for the discharge. He then told me that someone else had been and said he could pipe the discharges into the 20 foot well he had in...

Heard yesterday that the Governments Boiler Scrappage Scheme came into being yesterday. Hurrah! (Although I wasn't aware of any date being set by A. Darling). Also heard that to qualify for this scheme you had to have British Gas fit the boiler. Boo!! So that means the customer can get 400...

Went to do a landlords safety certificate for a letting agent at the weekend, the property had a Glow Worm fire/BBU. The flue terminal was missing, so I AR'd it. I know you're not supposed to replace parts on an old back boiler, due to the Energy Efficiancy Regs, but does this stretch to the...

Been out to an old Worcester 350 RSF boiler. Was told that it wasn't working on ch or dhw. When I arrived the ch was working, but was then told that the dhw wasn't. Opened a hot tap and the boiler fired up and the water ran nice and hot for about 3 or 4 minutes. Turned tap off and shower on and...

Right! If this isn't the paranormal at work then I don't know what it is. I don't know what it is anyway, which is why I'm on here to see if any of you lot do, but anyhow..... Customer has nicely, recently refurbished house, 4 or 5 year old combi (can't remember what make), and when she turns...

Just been to refill an unvented system in a house that was drained down last october. It was fitted with an unvented cylinder, although the ch was gravity fed from the loft. Filled ch and bled rads. No vent pipe into ch feed tank. When I turned on the boiler (standard open vent Potterton) it...

Anybody out there had any dealings with CTS Consultants? They do ACS courses and combi fault finding e-learning courses, as well as training at their centres throughout the country. I'm interested in their combi fault finding e-learning course, which has a certified exam at the end (although...

Is it possible to fit a thermostatic mixer valve (Bossmix TMV3) to a non thermostatic mixer shower on a combi? I would have thought it not, as the hot and cold would be getting mixed at the TMV3 and then again at the shower, meaning that the water would never get up to 50 degrees unless the...

My sisters house is fitted with an Ideal Classic boiler and a Danfoss Y-Plan. In order to get hot water she has to switch the CH on. I changed the actuator on the 3 port valve which made no difference. The boiler will only fire up when the CH is on. Any ideas?