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Like it says above, I don't really know who to consult but have always had success with this forum. Got a built in eye level double gas oven from 20 years back which has finally given up. Need to replace it but the problem is that all new Gas built in ovens I am seeing are 60cm across. The...

I am fitting an shower pump (Salamander ESP 100, negative head) under the HWC in a gravity fed system. I have run the pipework for the cold feed in, the cold out and the hot out, all in 22mm, as per spec. But before i do the hot supply in from the cylinder, i wanted to check what's recommended...

I have had a few boilers that our company have installed in the past year have all gone down for the exact same reason the 1 boiler has gone down 3 times and every time it is the fire valve has tripped. The boilers are all the same heatslave 25/32 external. The bulbs are in the retaining clips...

I've been experimenting with an abrasive pad wrapped round a stubby ink marker for cleaning inside 15mm Yorkie fittings and it works well, but I've always used steel wool in fittings as well. Problem is it's very difficult to clean the copper past the solder ring with anything and I'm getting...

Hi, If this works right I'm wanting to make an anonymous poll so we can see what plumbers/gas fitters really earn each year (before tax). If you want to complete it: - Please only complete it if you are self-employed (either as a sole trader or a 1 man limited company). Please choose the...

i manage to destroy a customers coal bed while servicing her glowworm backboiler last week and the problem is the part is now obsolete but i really want to have a good look around to see if anyone has some in stock. so if anyone knows of a good merchants of website i could look at i would really...

It's finally happened - my boiler just stopped working last night. I bled the radiators, topped up the water/loop thing - things that have worked in the past but they had no effect this time. The LED display has the 'Air pressure switch should be checked' light flashing. I hope you don't...

Firstly hi all I'm new to the site and looking forward to your answers! My crappy Rothenberger powerflusher has been knocked about too much now in the van and has now broke!! apparently parts are not available for it but I'm not really interested in fixing it, I know I am well over due a new...

Hi all, hope someone can help. My soil pipe is 250mm from wall to centre of soil pipe, and going straight down into concrete floor. I cant move the soil pipe without disturbing my drive outside. At the moment I have a false wall built out to accomodate my wc but really, really want to move in...

I see the rhi has been delayed yet again what a farce,"The greenest government yet" more like the most incompetent:mad:Renewable heat incentive scheme delayed for a year | Environment | guardian.co.uk

Hey guys, anyone have any recommendations? cost is not really an issue because if you buy cheap you buy twice etc... i got to in mind... either the monument one or a set of bear hugs? theres around a tenner difference but doesnt really matter to me.. also does anyone here use telescopic ones...

Her indoors purchased some Mr Kipling Country Slices as I like them! Trouble is, he now puts them in two's in a pack! It means I have to eat both! That Blooming Mr Kipling, he's the one causing me to put on weight! I ask you.

Hi All, I would really like some help as I am a little confused. I have just got this showerhead and wanted to find out if the normal ibox or rapido t thermostat can work with this. My local plumbing shop has advised me that it is best that I get Hansgrohe Ibox together with a separate shut off...

Hello everybody. I am worried sick. I recently piped up 6 houses that are a 2 zoned system. 2 normal pressurised systems and 2 combo systems. I have piped a separate rad pipe for rads up and separate for rads down but i have only send one return radiator pipe round for all the radiators. Today...

Hi, I was looking through some pictures earlier on the site and saw a few of you guys wearing gloves. Am wondering, what do you wear them for? General plumbing work? Or drilling. I know my hands get battered at the end of the day with cuts from the burrs on pipes, then flux going in these cuts...

I know this will never happen, but we have to pay out for course after course, it's about time we were helped,and made it law that all gas appliance had a annual gas safe check regardless if it's landlord or not. At the end of the day if you own your property, you are still putting others at...

Hi, Is it possible for household cleaning products (e.g. Domestos, Flash, Bathroom Spray etc) to damage the rubber fittings in my sinks' tap and affect their ability to work, and or to be adjusted fully when you want to twist and turn them fully on or off? Again, is it possible for household...

Hi, Just doing the certificate in gas or diploma as it now is. I have invested in several books the viper and a package from learn a trade. both are really useful in their own way. I have come across another book "Gas Installation Technology" does anyone have an opinion (ha ha a gas fitter with...