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    Help with electrical testing

    Worcester Bosch Greenstar Junior 24i I was called out to one of these today because the owner had "No hot water" Old, small terraced house, 2 up 2 down. Done preliminary checks and I found that: Hot Water Sink is next to boiler, open hot tap, diverter valve moves to DHW position...
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    Baxi 100HE

    Hello all, A colleague of mine went to a boiler breakdown on Friday and diagnosed through the fault finding chart (lockout LED flashing 5 times a second) that the flow switch needed replacing. Having replaced the flow switch, the boiler fired up, job done. He got a call from the...
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    Pump Overrun Thermostat

    I packed up my tools yesterday happy in the knowledge that my plumbing work is over until the new year. Woke this morning to a cold house and a boiler not working!! It's a Myson Apollo Fanfare 15/30 S :roll:, (I know what you're thinking but I've not been here long and not had chance to...
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    Albion Mainsflow

    I got a call today from someone who bought a house in September this year, saying he has not had any hot water since moving in. I called in tonight on way home to 'assess the situation'. The water from all hot water points is lukewarm, heating is and always has been fine. He has an...
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    There must be a better method......

    Working in West London, ongoing council refurbishment of heating, bathroom and kitchen (ungrateful t***s don't know how lucky they are) Last month started on flats, which have toilet wastes exiting horizontally in floor (cast iron stack with 6"collar protruding 50-75mm from floor level...
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    Potterton Kingfisher 2 RS 100

    I went to a house this afternoon to look at a leaky wc. Whilst there the fella told me he had a problem with the heating. I'm a bit out of touch heating wise, heres the situation. 500 year old cottage, 10 year old extension, 5 bedrooms, 19 radiators. pumped (15-60), floorstanding...
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    Fortic F3

    Evening all, Someone has asked me to supply and fit a shower for them. They live in a standard two story house but with a flat roof. The shower is to be fitted in the upstairs bathroom which has mains cold and the hot is courtesy of a Fortic F3 double feed coil indirect combination...
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    Weird trap seal problem

    I work on a council contract fitting bathrooms, kitchens and heating systems in West London. The discharge hose for the washing machines must be put onto a spigot trap under the sink (no standpipes allowed). I was called back to a recent property we have done to investigate a problem...
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    Waste Pipe to Rainwater

    I'm 99% sure the answer is no, but is there any circumstance where a bath waste pipe can be bossed into the bottom of a 100mm rainwater pipe where the soil and rainwater are combined underground?
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    Checking an Element

    My Zanussi ovens element packed up a year ago, I had it replaced and I think it may have packed up again. There is power to the cooker, the display lights up, fan & grill work etc, but the oven does not come on when it should. Is there a way of checking the element is broke before I go and...
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    Computer Station/Desk Under Stairs

    Hi all, I need to build some sort of construction under my stairs to accommodate my computer, printer etc and extra shelves/ compartments for various computer related odds and sods. I'm not sure how to go about making best use of the triangle shape I have to work with. My problem is...
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    No Temperature Control

    Hi, I am a plumber with limited experience with heating, I was called to a house yesterday to investigate a heating problem. The house is approx 35 years old with original system. It has a backboiler, with a pump fitted (fairly recently) on the flow to the boiler. There is an old timer in the...
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    Faulty Air Con

    Hi, I bought a seat alhambra 1.9 diesel 4 years ago. The seller said the air con needs to be re-gased. This was the first time I had a car with air con so was not sure as to what to expect in terms of 'how cold' it should be. I took it to a local "car air con specialist" who charged me £80 to...
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    Bulbs keep blowing

    Hi I purchased 2 sets of spotlights for my lounge about a year ago. Each fitting has 3 bulbs (screw in type). As I remember they only had 3 wires on each fitting so what could be simpler? I removed the existing fittings to find a mass of red and black wires coming out of the ceiling. Someone...
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    Microbore

    My 3 bedroom house has microbore pipes (10mm) to the rads. I have just put a conservatory on the side where I will be putting a rad. I will be teeing off the nearest rad. Do I need to run the pipes in 10mm and is there 10mm plastic pipe I can use instead of copper?
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