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    rag/tissue inside the boiler...is it dangerous?

    Just to let you know, the worcester guy came a few days ago and fitted a new gas sensor, as apparently is a different design and so if water gets in it wont cut the boiler out. he also fitted a flue gard to stop water getting in as he thought this might be how the water was getting in (...
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    rag/tissue inside the boiler...is it dangerous?

    Thanks for your reply Agile. i took your advice to get back to Worcester, despite it now being out of warrenty. At first they were having none of it and said i would have to pay for all the work despite it being due to their dodgy work. they were a bit dismissive and asked to see the...
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    rag/tissue inside the boiler...is it dangerous?

    Thanks for the replies! glad its not dangerous. it is a difficult/expencive job to repair the leaking flue and would it most likely have been caused by a bad installation or is it a design fault. i.e. should i go thru the hassle of getting worcester back to fix the flue or should i just get it...
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    rag/tissue inside the boiler...is it dangerous?

    My friend wants to change his complicated thermostat to a simple mechanical clock like mine and wanted to check the wiring was the same, opened my 2yr old worcester bosch junior 24i to find a wet and slightly charred tissue stuck in it ...see photos. the boiler has been fine except when nearly...
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    Installing a Mechanical Clock and stat on worcester bosch

    Thanks for the reply! im gonna download the instructions in a bit and have a look through, hopefully it will just plug in and not be too complicated. I can strongly recommend the worcester bosch junior greenstars I had the 24i in my last house and have got a 28i this time round as the hot...
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    Installing a Mechanical Clock and stat on worcester bosch

    Just a quick question, at the moment i have a worcester bosch junior combi 28i with a danfoss randall electronic digi stat (it looks like a TP9 model) which i would like to swap for the Worcester bosch MT 10 Mechanical clock and a normal thermostat. A. Is this a job that i could do myself...
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    LOOKING for Recommendation on High Efficiency Toilet

    This one is handy as its free standing and it is also very good if your soil pipe is located too far from the wall as the outlet is 9inches from the back. http://www.kalevit.com/products/default_sanitaryware.aspx?GrupID=5&urunID=267...
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    Vibrating humming glowworm 18hxi

    Does it stop when u use a tap or toilet? Im not a plumber but i had a simmilar problem with a boiler vibrating, which sounded like someone was drilling next door, it was amazingly loud! turns out there was grit in the toilet mechanism causeing tapslam/water hammer cant remember what the...
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    Toilet soil pipe location.

    Thanks everyone for replying!! Your help has been greatfully recieved. Im currently mulling over wether to try to crack the raised bit/donut bit off at floor level by tapping it outwards with a chisel or to make a small box behind the cistern to bring it all forward. Think im going to go...
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    Toilet soil pipe location.

    aaah thats a good plan, didnt think of that! i will have a look out the back to see if i could take it out the back wall and into the sewer that way. Thanks for the reply! Have a good day
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    Toilet soil pipe location.

    Im doing some planning before i start renovating this nasty bathroom (see photo) but Ive found a problem with the location of the soil pipe… basically it’s a bit too far from the wall and its raised up from the floor with a thick ring round it which means I cant get the new close coupled toilet...
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    Flushing toilet causes prolonged vibration / noise in pipes

    n.b. im not a plumber but i had a very simmilar problem with my new toilet causing all the pipeing/boiler to vibrate very loudly. the plumber eventually found a piece of grit from the new installation in the toilet mechanism which was causing tap slam or water hammer or what ever he called...
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    Bolier condensate

    If it turns out not to be the pipe check the yellow screw on cap on the condensate tank. On mine (worcester bosch greenstar junior 24i) it had a hairline crack causing it to drip and flow allong the outside of the condensate pipe, the guy who installed it was very nice and fixed it with a metal one.
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    Gas meter problems

    thank you for your advice it is much appreciated. its still not working but fingers crossed someone will be out next week to sort it.
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    Gas meter problems

    my friend is currently sitting in her house with a cold and with no heating, as when they put the newly topped up card back in the prepayment meter it wouldnt work. que call to the gas company who sent out a new card that still wont work. Has anyone got any ideas on common problems/how to...
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    Hot tap stopped working - any ideas

    yep 98p to be precise for the whole tap mechanism, on the reciept it says 'tap gland', was it misspriced? The only annoying thing about it is that it doesnt have the thread on the top bit to put the tap cover bit back but its ok loose. It was 12.98 for the 'tapmatic' tap renovator kit but i...
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    Very Loud banging

    Can i just say im not a plumber and im only throwing a possibility out there of what i have experienced and therefore is probably not the right answer. But check you dont have debris from the installation of your new bathroom stuck in a valve such as ur toilet. When i had my new toilet...
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    Hot tap stopped working - any ideas

    Thanks Nige, i took ur advice and went to B+Q and spoke to a guy who showed me the replacement inner mechanism thing. Managed to change it all and its all working fine now and only cost me 99p for the mechanism and £1.78 for a 17mm spanner. Many thanks for replying and giving me the kick to do...
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    Hot tap stopped working - any ideas

    Im having problems with the hot tap on the bath, over the last few days the flow has got less and less and now it has stopped completly, also the tap has got very stiff and wont turn as much as it used to. All the other hot taps work fine. Has anyone got any ideas on how to fix it...
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