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    When is the completion payment due?/damage to property

    Do you have a contract? I'm guessing you only have the estimate/quote. Contracts generally comprise: (1) Express terms - i.e. those expressly stated per the written terms of the contract (2) Implied terms - i.e. those which are inferred and which would be necessary in order that the...
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    When is the completion payment due?/damage to property

    Seems that its more to do with the contractor not completing the works. In any case it would be normal for all certification to be provided by the contractor - and unless and until the contractor provides to the client they are entirely within their rights to withhold final payment. Its up to...
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    Howdens

    Seems to me that the gross topline price might be the same - but the amount of discount applied is different depending on the volume of business for each trade customer. That's normal throughout the building industry across virtually every trade - I've seen subcontracted work be inclusive of...
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    How long should 2 brickies take to build a 3.5m x 3.5m L ?

    I used to be responsible for paying stonemasons (was for 5 years, although that was 2003-08 ). First of all, in my humble experience never use brickies to do a stone job, and never use stonemasons to do brickwork - there are exceptions but its a bit "horses for courses" (no pun intended)...
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    Existing steel beam in knock-through

    It seems to me that before you do anything to the structure you should have it inspected by either a Structural Engineer or a qualified Building Surveyor. Yes it will cost for their visit but could be invaluable and cost effective in the long run - not to mention safer.
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    New boiler - suddenly radiators needing to be bled weekly

    I was thinking Fernox myself so will ask plumber to add in. The air in the system still seems to be increasing which I find puzzling - the area at the top of the rads that is cold is increasing which seems to indicate that the amount of air in the system is increasing (and so is the pressure...
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    New boiler - suddenly radiators needing to be bled weekly

    Yep, that figures. 8) Seems the inhibitor which plumber put in when the boiler was installed has been drained off when the manufacturer's eng came. So seems I need to get some inhibitor put back in - I assume it is just "added" like any additive and doesn't need to have the plain fresh...
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    New boiler - suddenly radiators needing to be bled weekly

    Hi John, Seems there is no magnetite left in the system - the manufacturer's engineer drained everything and started again and I think he only fed in fresh water. Our system isn't dirty - any water that I've let out and collected has been clear - and its a new boiler anyway, the whole...
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    Potterton Puma 80e / 90e Repair / Replace?

    Hi, Worcester Bosch Greenstar 38CDi Classic. You would probably get it cheaper than we did (our criteria was to use a local plumbing company we knew we could rely on, not to get the cheapest price). The cost included: power-flush of the existing rads/pipework; removal of the old...
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    Potterton Puma 80e / 90e Repair / Replace?

    Hi Paris, I'm not a tradesman, just a punter as it seems you are. If its any help, we had a similar issue to an extent - it didn't breakdown but the hot water flow rates were becoming less (it started to fluctuate from hot to cold, an eng reduced the flow rates slightly and that stopped...
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    New boiler - suddenly radiators needing to be bled weekly

    Many thanks for your help. In answer to your question. I think he did. However, there's been pressure fluctuation problems from Day 1 (initially it was actually losing pressure then suddenly picking up pressure). Wish we'd kept our old combi (of the same well known make), it was far easier...
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    New boiler - suddenly radiators needing to be bled weekly

    We never had a problem before the new boiler but now air keeps gathering and practically every week it is noticeable that the upstairs radiators become cold at the top, I then bleed the upstairs radiators - loads of air to let out - I do all that with all the upstairs rads till all of them have...
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