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    Raising beam ties in loft.

    Hello, I am hoping for a little advice. I have a semi detached house and my loft is very big. It is a pitched roof on 3 sides. There are 2x4 beams about 2ft appeat roughly 4 ft from the floor. I was wondering if it makes a differance if I just raise them 3 ft? I am not sure how the...
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    Electrical training question - scotland

    Hello, Was looking for a little advice from Scottish electricians. I am a gas engineer and have been looking into taking an electrical course to broaden my skillet. I have looked into doing a course with olci in Livingston and just wanted to check a few things prior to booking to make...
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    Raising loft beams

    Hi, My loft is a decent size but the beams going across are stopping you standing up. Can beams be put higher then the lower ones removed? If similar can then look at putting an office up there. Don't want to get someone out to quote if it can't be done due to structural reasons so...
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    Wiring a 30cdi Conventional S Plan

    Hello, Was hoping for a little advice if possible. We are fitting a regular 30cdi boiler to replace an old one and I am fitting a new pump, valves and programmer etc. Nearly all we fit now are combi boilers with plug in clocks so its been a while since I have wired anything up myself...
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    Blanking a common flue Duct?

    Hello, I am pricing a job to remove an old boiler and fit a combi in the kitchen. The current boiler is connected to a common flue chimney. How do I blank it off? Is there a special blank? Don't want to take on job without checking this first as I have never seen this before. Any...
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    Boiler in Loft

    Hello, I have a customer who wants a boiler fitted in the loft. It is not floored and there is no ramsey lader for access. I was always under the impression that the floor must be floored and there must be a fixed access? I was soeaking to another engineer today and he said it is puerly...
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    Gas Pipe Calculation

    Hello, Jus a quick question for any gas engineers. Have been working this out in my head but really need a second opinion. Basically I have looked at a job to replace an old Ideal 2CF100 boiler with a Conventional Greenstar boiler. Job is very straight forward but boiler is a fair...
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    Customer Refusing to Pay

    After a bit of advice please, We had a customer who wanted a boiler replaced. The day before we were due to fit it he asked if we could change a few rads aswell. We went to site in London and fitted the new boiler and picked up the 5 rads. The rads were all slightly shorter than the...
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    Replacing Kingfisher Boiler with Worcester FS42cdi - Wiring?

    Hello, I was hoping someone could offer some advice. I have a job booked for next week in Londin to replace a kingfisher boiler with a Worcester fs42cdi. We are based in Edinburgh but am doing it as a favour for a landlord we do alot of work for, Basically the current boiler is...
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