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Hi Just wondering how people deal with drilling through abestos sheeting in wet areas? :confused:

Hello im looking for a gas safe registered engineer who is willing to help me within the greater manchester area. next week i have assesments at 2 colleges for gas placement courses 1 is for the bpec foundation & the other is for the city & guilds tech certificate level 2 im a mature 43 year old...

Hey all. Just wondering if there is a certain period of time when plumbing companies take on apprentices and if so when that is ? Im going to start looking for a plumbing apprenticeship but was just wondering if im too late or if you can apply any time. Thanks

hi all just a short query, fitted whirlpool today alls well, sparky sorted electrics this afternoon before flying out on his hols(lucky git) howerver came to fit bath panel this evening and found an earth wire that is still wrapped in its factory tie and attached to the pump, im assuming this...

Hi, this is the second post of same topic as my last vanished. anyway Im about to fit a bathroom with a mate of mine who has done a few befour, i have done any (im a roofer) but were ok with most of it, as the basin had 15mm isolation valves on it, so that no problem but the bath doesnt have any...

What is the average hourly rate now for plumbers? Am i being Ripped off on £12 an hour?? time and a half on all call outs too, i thought it was good until i got chatting to some plumbers for other firms in the local plumb centre!

I was just about to go and buy a 15mm and 22mm pipeslice from scewfix. Then I had a thought. Will a metric slice work on imperial pipe? Any advice. If not I might as well save my money as it is just for existing fixed metric pipes that I need it. I will use an ordinary pipe cutter for new...

hi all got a customer who wants the toilets in a local village hall sorting out. Currently they have the fluidmaster flapper type siphon on a push button on the front. The front button is difficult to operate and the flapper doesnt open porperly. Can anybody recomend something more sturdy...

Hi guys can you help me with a problem The boiler used to just have 2 pipes coming the top. I wish to replace this with a combo boiler. Here is the diagram I made to give you an idea, sorry its a bit of a rough one just I had to stop working to work it out. I can sort the colds, hots ect...

Hi. I'll be soon taking my level 3 gola exam and just wondering if there is any difficult questions i shud watch out for?

I have been asked to install a wood burner to run radiators and the hot water, The main problem i have is that it all needs to be installed on the same level (ground level) I can possibly get the flow and returns to rise up and across at ceiling height into the next room where the cylinder is...

Hi, Can anyone help me with some advice on an overflow pipe that needs extending. I live in the middle flat over a basement flat in a converted terrace house. The overflow pipe from my toilet cistern and from the cold water tank used to run below my floorboards and straight out at my floor...

Hi everyone, I have been in this business since leaving college (around 11 years). I am contemplating starting my own company as I believe renewable energy will be a massive market (at some point) but my employer disagrees. My only concern is paying the bills. I know I have the knowledge...

Hi Could anyone help me and let me know of any big companies in London that take on plumbing apprentices. I'm not looking for actual vacancies but just the companies names that I can apply to directly Thanks Charlie

hi I have about 3 years work experience in plumbing and was working for a company over in Northampton until they got into money troubles and had to make me redundant and I haven't been able to find further employment since, I have my own van and tools can anyone help?!?!?!? [email protected]

I was speaking to an Area sales manager tother day and he said that he had just been in a presentation re renewables. The way he saw it was, that in the very near future all social housing as well as domestic will have to have some form of renewables installed when fitting new replacement...

In my previous post, I asked which parts of the ACS I needed to change me from a plumber into a plumber who can fit boilers (CCN1, CEN1 and CPA by the looks of it). I have no idea what a mountain this will be to climb, and how difficult it is. It seems like it could be a long and expensive...

I have a condenser bolier and have heard that black grit can accumulate in the condense outlet pipe. The reason I've been looking into this is that the copper pipe into the waste pipe is blocked with grit and I'm guessing it must have been either a reaction with the copper or a product of the...

:):):):) Some years ago, I was speaking to a gas tutor, who said that the likes of the ACS people where considering removing all books and types of information from the test. This would mean the fitter would be required to memorise everything for the test to reflect normal working...