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Hey all. Planning on doing my first powerflush thisweekend. have a few questions your you guys. the boiler is a baxi solo, upstairs with the pump and valves, is it ok to hook the powerflush machine up to the connections of a rad downstairs to save any possible spillage upstairs + keep it...

Anyone know where i can get Johnson & Starley screwdrivers? Same as the aqua coloured ones british gas use? chers for any ideas SGM

hi all Was working in a pensioners home the other day just servicing. When one or 2 of them commented on the noise the rads make in winter, only a few of the rads made this banging chattering noise they said. I played about with the trv a bit and it started banging as it was shutting...

Hey all, My Siters got a Hoover Saver 1600 Washer Dryer. But recently when drying its leaving burn marks on her clothes. Is this a common fault on dryers? Was wandering if its usualy something simple? Do any of you know where to download service manuals for these appliances...

Hello All, My Friends Coupe (02 Plate) Has a really annoying prob where when you unlock the door with the remote locking it locks 1 second later automatically. Even if you unlock it manually from inside the car you only have a second to pull the door handle before it locks again. any...

Hey all. My friend has a VW Polo, think its about an N reg. The Car at idle revs up and down between say 800-3000rpm, and in the past has reved right up to 5000 odd and back down, it some times accelerates or cuts when driving. Theyve changed the sparks/leads ect, bt want to know...

Hi all, Was trying to sort out a freinds heating system today, shes just moved into an older house. VCW 242 boiler running 6 rads. They were getting various probs, (lots of leaks on the rads) so sorted up as much as I could. After having drined the system/relived pressure more like...

Was just looking through the bes website and seen some mighty cheap pipe bending springs. gonna buy a few for handyness, i dont do alot of work id need them for but as i sed, theyd be handy, Is it easyer/better to use internal or external springs? and does anyone know if the...

HI there, Hate asking stupid questions but whats the name for the ballvalves you get for toilet cystrens that (if i remember right) that have a tube in them or that that makes them re-fill quietly? how many sizes do they come in ?

Hi all. Was in a customers house today who was complaining of whooshing noises from the gas. Turned out to be the water restriction as it passed through the TRV's, I was wandering if this is common with possibly cheaper brands ? There was no arrows on them so i dont suspect they were on...

Hey, Was jus wandering exactly what the script is in scotland now for this. I know all new gas appliances must be registered with corgi, but what really happens if you dont? What are the consequences for those who have a new boiler fitted and the benchmark books gone 'missing'?? Does...

Hey all. A house I was working intoday, on old open vented system on a Mexico Super, Your standard red domestic sizes Grundfoss pump. The rads upstrairs were not heating so i checked the F+E tank and it was full, Switched off the pump and eventually managed to get the air out the...

Hey, Was working in a house today where the upstairs radiators were heating on hot water, Was a wall mounted system boiler (dnt actaully remember what one) with hw flow and return pipes on the left of it and the same for the CH on the right, The CH had a pump just above the boiler and...

Hi all. I'm just asking this out of curiosity to explain to customers and for my own information. I'm a gas man and on a call out last week i found the boiler was fine and it was the power supply to the boiler, and the kitchen sockets had reverse polarity. I was just wandering what...

Hi all, im new to these forums, Im just out my apprenticip as a domestic gas engeneer. CORGI registered (you wouldnt think i was wi these questins lol) I usualy work on CH Systems, repair and service mostly. But ive never had to work on or install a gas hob before, apart from the cooker...