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    Rothenberger Superfire Pencil Tip

    Im after the pencil tip attachment for the superfire 2, gives a much nicer direct flame but has been discontinued for some reason, looked all over the net with no luck, anybody know anywhere i could still pick one up, or has anybody got an old one they`d like to sell me :) Thanks
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    Shower pump pulsating.

    Just fitted a power shower twin impeller pump and installed new cistern for the cold water, all working well with the shower running, however when the shower is turned off the pump is pulsing every few seconds. Now I believe it's just the water pulsating in the pipes kicking the pump in, so...
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    Leaks...

    Whats the biggest leak you've come across while on the job ? In work today a call came over the radio from the canteen staff there`s a small leak coming through the ceiling. We headed over and traced the leak to the kitchen two floors above... A 28mm compression elbow blown straight off so 28mm...
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    Am i being unreasonable ?

    I recently did a foreigner on a weekend moving a radiator to the opposite side of the room than it originally was, moved the pipework but the customer didn't want the radiator going on the wall as he was having the room re-plastered and decorated, while i was there he came in with a "can you...
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    Oil fed boiler problems...

    Right ill try and explain as best i can. Girlfriends parents got a small holiday home in remote part of wales so no gas. They have a Worcester Greenstar Heatslave External oil fed boiler which has always worked fine. Recently started playing up, C/H works fine but when trying to use the hot...
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    Looking to start up on my own?

    I finished school in 2007 and started work 3 days later with a local joiner but was always interested in being a plumber since i was a kid as a close family friend was a plumber, i started my plumbing apprentership and finished 3 years ago, gaining my NVQ 3 and unvented certs. I worked with this...
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    Roomstat help ?

    I am a 20 y/o newly qualified plumber.. i do alot of work on plumbing/pipework.. but not too much on boilers and controls i have the basic knowledge, i have a 30 cxi glowworm boiler ( old style ) and i just bought a glowworm clima stat, seemed really straight forward to install, take the small...
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    How am i still alive ???

    Right well today, in a storage cupboard between two flats, on a pair of metal step ladders one arm resting on a cast iron soil pipe, looking through a hole with a small penlight plastic torch.. WHEN the torch touched a bare live wire which my boss had left exposed ( i know, what a d**k, i had a...
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    Shower screen trouble, help please.

    Right here goes, i have fitted quite a few shower screens before, but the one in question is a tc hinged shower screen, it is leaking from the lower hinge point where there is a small 1mm gap around the hinge as sort of clearance for the screen to swing, but water is getting into that gap from...
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