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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.
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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...
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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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...
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 &...
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...
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...
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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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...
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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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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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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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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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...
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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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...
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...
Installed 2 days ago, Worcester 4000. Haven’t seen anything like this before, any thoughts.
Personally I would have gone horizontal with an offset...
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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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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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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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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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...
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...
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?
Is the large permissable drop of 8mb on a E6 meter due to the fact the meter has a high contain level?
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...
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...
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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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...
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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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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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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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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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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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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