What we all working on this week ?

[king of pipes]

I have a insurance job to try and rescue a poorly installed quad shower the customer wants to save the tiling if possible and has a few spare so fingers crossed it may work , the loss adjuster allowed em £1500 that will just about cover materials. Kop

 

[Scott_D]

Nice.
I have fitted quite a few heating coils in changing rooms and drying rooms

 

[SimonG]

Painting the staircase. Spindles and undercoat. Might get it finished before lockdown ends

 

[Stigster]

Nice.
I have fitted quite a few heating coils in changing rooms and drying rooms

I have only found one improvised heating coil possibly for drying and it was sat on top of a cylinder in an airing cupboard. The stupid thing was it was plumbed into the hot distribution pipe. It was cooling the water down before it reached the hot taps. It was about ten metres of 22mm tube in a coil just on the hot distribution in the airing cupboard. Such a coil on the heating side would have been ok as it would be just like another radiator but on the hot distribution it's seems pretty daft to me.

My other thought was it was a silly "energy saving" device that whoever put it there thought maybe it'd pick up some of the cylinder heat loss and put it into the hot water. I made a thread on it here ages ago and nobody could give a definitive answer.

What a silly way to go about it I thought. It was generating a "parasitical loss" on the cylinder and cooling the water in the distribution system down.

 

[SimonG]

Sorting van and garage out in the sunshine. All I need is a beer.

 

[Stanios]

Sorting van and garage out in the sunshine. All I need is a beer.

Gordon Bennet
Is that Renault trafic?

 

[SimonG]

Gordon Bennet
Is that Renault trafic?

Fiat Doblo just the garage to finish now

 

[Jim Goodenough]

Sorting van and garage out in the sunshine. All I need is a beer.

? What happened to the painting Simon ?

 

[SimonG]

? What happened to the painting Simon ?

Nice day today. Cooler tomorrow, another coat of undercoat.

 

[Jock Spanners]

Hi all you copper lover's, take a look at this (it was done by a friend of mine).

54mm tube.
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I love it ! End feed too

 

[JCplumb]

What we all working on this week ?
This week I've been sorting my car out for its' MOT in a couple of months.
Oil and filter change yesterday, today I planned swapping both front anti-roll drop links, started quite late so only managed one as it was awkward as hell.
Tomorrow I'll do the other drop link and on Friday it will be the offside track rod end. Then should be good to go and will have saved £240 garage fees

 

[Harvest Fields]

MOTs have been postponed for 6 months mate.

 

[JCplumb]

Very true, my car really needed some TLC though

 

[king of pipes]

First boiler swap since lockdown friend of my daughters so sorted it out for her , only been in the house since Feb and inherited a Baxi duo Tec mk1 poorly maintained a leaking heat exchanger took the board out as well , with things as they are and money tight went for a entry level Ideal Classic 30 all in all a decent little boiler doddle to fit 5 year warranty keep safe all . Kop

 

[SimonG]

I'll see if I can get this done

 

[Jim Goodenough]

I'll see if I can get this done

1000 pieces By when Simon ? 1000 pieces?

 

[SimonG]

1000 pieces By when Simon ? 1000 pieces?

Dont know Jim. Tough test this one. Much tougher than the wasjig I did last week (750).

I'll post updates

 

[Scott_D]

@king of pipes
Are they cheaper than the Independent?

 

[king of pipes]

Boiler £492 + Vat - flue £69 - 29 + Vat Scott, I got the boiler & flue , Honeywell T4 , Magnaclean micro , chemicals , 6m of 22mm + 6m of 15mm , £180 piece fittings bucket , filling loop and 15mm salamander inline descaler for £1000. Cheers kop

 

[Scott_D]

Boiler £492 + Vat - flue £69 - 29 + Vat Scott, I got the boiler & flue , Honeywell T4 , Magnaclean micro , chemicals , 6m of 22mm + 6m of 15mm , £180 piece fittings bucket , filling loop and 15mm salamander inline descaler for £1000. Cheers kop

I wish they didn’t put mechanical clocks in the cheaper boilers!

 

[king of pipes]

I wish they didn’t put mechanical clocks in the cheaper boilers!

Agreed mate I supposed they are aimed at rental and landlord type properties may be ? add a stat job done may not meet boilier plus but loads out there that don't and who is going to police it nowadays a the best bud . Kop

 

[Scott_D]

Agreed mate I supposed they are aimed at rental and landlord type properties may be ? add a stat job done may not meet boilier plus but loads out there that don't and who is going to police it nowadays a the best bud . Kop

You can’t meet boiler plus with the mechanical clock and room stat as far as I know.
So you need Weather comp.
Or an external programmer/stat and tell the user not to touch the built in timer as it must be permanently on.

I fitted an Independant c24 recently for a landord, I used a Salus wireless room stat as it was the cheapest available. Doesn’t comply but like you say, who’s going to check.

 

[king of pipes]

You can’t meet boiler plus with the mechanical clock and room stat as far as I know.
So you need Weather comp.
Or an external programmer/stat and tell the user not to touch the built in timer as it must be permanently on.

I fitted an Independant c24 recently for a landord, I used a Salus wireless room stat as it was the cheapest available. Doesn’t comply but like you say, who’s going to check.

That's what I did mate timer on constant and Programmable Honeywell T4 which meets boiler plus bud .
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Better picture Scott

 

[Jim Goodenough]

2 Thermostatic showers back-to-back (in a empty spa building I must say).

 

[king of pipes]

My first biggish job near completion since lockdown started stripping out Thursday and Friday last week , this shower room needed turning round quickly so went for multi panel to blend in with the existing tile that was installed 5 years ago and still looking good , the Victoria plumb shower and tray installed hadn't faired so well was leaking badly and looked shabby , I installed a Aqualisa Zuri smart shower with the processor box installed above in the loft connected to a Viessman 100 combi and Qualitex shower tray and wetroom glass, just the wiring, commissioning, lagging , and the clearing up to do today so 4.5 days which I think is reasonable cheers chaps keep safe . Kop

 

[Scott_D]

Nice work KOP
How does the shower perform?

 

[SimonG]

Very nice. I love the digital showers.

 

[king of pipes]

Nice work KOP
How does the shower perform?

A bit to well Scott I had to fit a flow limiter in the shower head water was starting to creep towards the opening

 

[Stanios]

My first biggish job near completion since lockdown started stripping out Thursday and Friday last week , this shower room needed turning round quickly so went for multi panel to blend in with the existing tile that was installed 5 years ago and still looking good , the Victoria plumb shower and tray installed hadn't faired so well was leaking badly and looked shabby , I installed a Aqualisa Zuri smart shower with the processor box installed above in the loft connected to a Viessman 100 combi and Qualitex shower tray and wetroom glass, just the wiring, commissioning, lagging , and the clearing up to do today so 4.5 days which I think is reasonable cheers chaps keep safe . Kop

Panels actually look decent. Which ones you use and how do you attach them?

 

[Harvest Fields]

A bit to well Scott I had to fit a flow limiter in the shower head water was starting to creep towards the opening

Where did you get that from mate?

 

[king of pipes]

Where did you get that from mate?

Available online bud I keep a few on the van gets you out of trouble some times

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Panels actually look decent. Which ones you use and how do you attach them?

Multi panel mate fixed over existing tile 785 clear silicone . Kop