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I have just recently become a time served plumber. I am 20 years old and have my own transport. I am looking for work as a Plumbers Mate to gain just a little bit more experience. Previous experience with plumbing is domestic plumbing repairs, bathrooms, kitchens & water heaters, gas...

Hi guys this is the scenario Combi boiler, working fine. Hot water in kitchen is flowing OK. NO hot water in the bathroom at both WHB & bath. There is no blenders or anything. The pipework is under a tiled floor, could it possssssibly be choked?? Anyone seen this before? Whats best way to...

hello quick question... potterton boiler, is expanding into the f&e tank when heating is on very warm, producing steam in loftspace. thanks

Hi lads, some help with this one would be good, I've been doing plumbing for so long and moved onto heating now.. OK problem is, IDEAL ELAN RS55 ( very old :( ) - Pilot light does NOT stay on, holding in grey button gas valve + igniting. Released grey button, goes out. Is this simply a...

Hi, thought this would be a decent place to post. Got my ACS - first test next week, reading like mad :roll: anyone know if theres any online tutorials? (Like questions, tips etc) Thank you

I am fitting a shower tray + waste in the following set-up. Tomorrow I am taking the wall off behind the WHB + WC, to check to see if theres any horizontal pipes I can connect the showers 1.1/2" waste pipe. If there is nothing there, that gives me an easy connecting, perhaps, the stack is cast...

when grout gets very black, how do i clean/regrout this tis a new flat

Stuck with this one. Putting on Central Heating programmer, and calling for hot water as normal. However, it is only slightly heating the water in the indirect open-vented cylinder, is this a port valve problem? Maybe only opening slightly? - The heating is very warm, as normal, so I can't...

Going to go mad this week and buy some new tools, these old ones are getting shabby! The reason i'm starting this thread is that, you know when you get that REALLLY handy tool which has nothing to do with plumbing - but always works a treat when it comes to taps, bathrooms, siphons etc. For...