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If you're a homeowner with heating-related issues then you need to find a heating engineer instead of seeking advice about fixing it. Too many...
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If you go to edit your profile here: http://www.ukplumbersforums.co.uk/account/personal-details You'll now see there's an option to select what...
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Lou
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Please can anyone help or point me in the right direcrion. I have recently completed a 18 month bpec management learning programme...
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Illuminate
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Have some problems with my boiler that cant seem to get fixed. It's a worcester bosch greenstar cdi 30 combi and it's about 5/6 year old I think...
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Hi All, I need your advise as I'm really concerned here. I only just had regular boiler replaced with combi (Vaillant ecoFIT Pure 25kw). I had few...
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gmartine
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Hi, I am a homeowner but caught between a rock & a hard place. I am trying to get a Vaillant ecoTEC 630 plus serviced but the gas safe engineer &...
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gmartine
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I'm on a new build the boiler is in the garage. I have the option of drilling straight out with the condensate in to the stack. Or drilling...
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gmartine
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kris
Hey folks, I'm wondering if someone could possibly help, I'm looking for a possible part number b4 I call ideal in the morning, I fitted an...
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ChrisB1982
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Do you tend to go with the regulations in the gas safe books when installing these. Or the individual manufacturers instructions they all seem...
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ChrisB1982
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Kizwiz
Hey, I'm a new entrant and I've just completed my 2 year training course and have my final week gas assessment next week. I was just looking for...
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Kizwiz
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I’m at a loss with this one. We renovated a run down house and have lived in it now for about 16 months. We had a new Greenstar 8000 Style 35...
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Chuck
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Hi all, I recently bought a tenement flat in Edinburgh which has never had gas but is in a stair with a gas supply. Following a survey I have been...
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ShaunCorbs
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Molnarbia
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Hi! I am writing my master's thesis at university. Please help me if you know of any other similar tools. The aim is to find out devices that can...
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Molnarbia
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Hi there, Big gas noob here. We got a gas cooker installed a few days ago, and the gas cooker is now sitting quite far away from the wall (3cm...
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gpbeck
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alexic82
Hi Guys Not sure if this is the correct area to post? Firstly, i'm not doing this work myself but I need to get a question answered as it...
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alexic82
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Outside of using a gas-safe LPG engineer, do I have to notify building control for the installation of pipework, hob and a 15kg propane bottle?
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Folks Me again I am at my wits end. I want to replace the boiler but I am on my backside and cannot afford to. I have been getting an...
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ChrisB1982
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Could someone work out total KW input for the following applying the diversity factor. 36 KW combi 24 KW combi Cooker 12.9kw It would appear...
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Installed 2 days ago, Worcester 4000. Haven’t seen anything like this before, any thoughts. Personally I would have gone horizontal with an offset...
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ChrisB1982
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I had a boiler check today all went well, and then he went to check on the gas meter which is in my larder in the kitchen high up on the wall...
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ShaunCorbs
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Hi all I've got a customer with a kingfisher in a downstairs cupboard with gravity hot water and pumped heating. The cylinder has the vent on the...
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ShaunCorbs
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Hi all, My customer is renovating a house. Complete renovation of the plumbing. It's a three-bed house for a young family of 3. It will have one...
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Ric2013
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Hi! I am quickly becoming a hobbyist about all things helium. I was hoping someone would be able to answer my questions about pressure reducers...
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All, Belfast, Northern Ireland. I am in a bit of a predicament. I have recently had a stove fitted in a chimney that had a disconnected and...
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Jeff Geoff
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I had to gas rate on an E6 meter in a dark, muddy basement the other day. No place to put down tools. I stayed there for two minutes only to find...
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ChrisB1982
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If a gas engineer doesn't have CKR1 and has never had. How would they get it do you have to build a portfolio/ do a few days at college?
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Is the large permissable drop of 8mb on a E6 meter due to the fact the meter has a high contain level?
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Matt0029
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Hi. just had my probationary inspection. Most of the inspection went ok, apart from when the inspector asked me questions about gas fires and gas...
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ChrisB1982
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Hi all, new to the forum. Ive come across a commercial plant room with around 500KW of boilers where the condensate terminates outside about 4...
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Chuck
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Flue 250 to edge of extract and not loving the corner and window. Boiler is a battered old 28CDi. I'd love to get it gone but not able to prove...
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Knappers
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Hi We have quite a new wall hung boiler (18 months). Twice since being installed it has just stopped overnight (1 last year, 1 recently). Our...
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Creaky
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Hi, just a quick query (hopefully). We’ve got a combi boiler installed in a cupboard with the flue going 90° then directly through the external...
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Last Plumber
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jakubjakub
Hi, I have a problem with Viessmann 111w I have a Vicare sensor and app. It goes like this : If I have a boiler in DHW only everything works as...
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jakubjakub
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Hello, What would cause an intermittent gas leak around a boiler? In the evenings there is a strong smell of gas coming from the boiler. I got...
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Hi guys. How many of you use a roofer to help with vertical flue installations, or do you rather do it yourself?? I’m not one for heights so...
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Timmy D
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Hi all. I’m just wondering whether most of you are sticking to a particular brand at the moment and if so, which and why? Also are many of you...
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Vaillant ecoTEC Plus 400 15kW Heat Only Boiler I've got air in the pump and one gas engineer has said I need to move the pipes as they are...
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Timmy D
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I have a domestic gas meter located at one side of my building and my boiler/cooker (only 2 gas devices) on the other side of the building. There...
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Sparkgap
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Hi I’ve got a couple of gas safety checks coming up and I’m a bit confused as to whether I need to tick yes or no to the appliance serviced part...
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ShaunCorbs
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Just fitted a new boiler for customer have gone to gas rate when commissioning and batteries are dead in gas meter. Gas supplier won’t come out...
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Last Plumber
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Hey all Looking for a consensus on an issue that has arisen. Disclaimer is that my ideal icos 12 boiler Is over 10 years old but has been...
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Jerry
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Hello , I have an Ideal Classic boiler ff350 which runs for 10 mins before the boiler cuts out. The circ pump keeps running at this time. The Pump...
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