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I have not soldered pipes for 30 odd years. I have some soldered joints to do' I did a few test peices - no problem. Reheated and stripped to check good flow.
Made 3 joints afterwards fine. 4th joint failed and despite stripping, cleaning and refluxing and redoing several times - no joy.
Any...
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I'm a time served pipefitter in the oil and gas industry, I'm now working direct for the biggest oil company of them all ,50k min a year free shares and good pension. The trouble is it is the rotten apple nice and rosy to look at but rotten on the inside, it's the worst job ever.
So I'm training...
Apart from cuts and bruises to hands (particularly fond of where I tried to put a hacksaw through my knuckle) and the odd pain in the back after tough jobs in tricky positions, I've not suffered too bad from plumbing so far but I've only been at it just shy of 2 years.
One of the guys I worked...
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i have had a baxi 105e for 3 year changed out 2 dhw diaphragm with no problems then i received a gas that was 3x more then usual I went to check the boiler and found that the hot water was running continual and the taps where off. I then remove the DHW diaphragm clean and greased plungers...
mark999
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I work for a company now but I think about going self employed a lot of the time, I see the money I make on private jobs and think why am I not doing this in the week.
Could someone tell me when I buy materials for my jobs if I'm self employed do I pay VAT. And the best way to get customers in...
Chrisgy
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i know these are a few year old but does anyone have one they can recommend before i buy it off a mate.
or should i spend the extra and get a newer model
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Barry98
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Hi - Thanks for the welcome to the forum.
My problem is that the Main Combi 24 HE which I have in my house is showing a Flame Fault/Blocked Flue indicator. This occurs when DHW is called for. The installer (2 years ago) has vapourised from this planet or is in South Africa!!
I have checked...
GrumpyOldGit
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Hello folks
Can you get a tight fit(without soldering) using 15mm copper with 1/2 inch endfeed or vice versa?. Basically want a tight fit when I connect the copper pipe to the elbow. I do not want to solder the joints as I want to be able take apart for cleaning. I am an avid homebrewer and...
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Hi everyone
I am just on the verge of buying a Fernox powerflush pump,but am quite impressed by the Adey Solutions magnacleanse power flush filter and its claim of doing a six rad flush in two hours.anybody used one? is it as good as they say,at a third of the price of a fernox powerflush...
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Last year I had a load of grief with the vaillant turbomax 242 i've got.
I took the dhw heat exchanger off and cleaned it out with vinegar to remove limescale and changed the prv.
The prv is leaking again so pressure drops when the heating has been on again and I have to keep topping it up (I...
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i have a problem with an ideal 24he isar, when running the hot water the rads get hot, the lever on the actuator head moves forward to the hot water position and fires up fine, does the whole valve need replacing? not familiar with isar's never worked on one before
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After showering in our new walk in shower, the pump that takes the water away leaves a centimeter of water visible inside the shower tray drain. (Please see picture below)
Is this normal? We are worried that since water is permanently lying in the drain recess that it will start to become...
rknox007
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While working for a company a few years back , i was installing a new boiler with a vert flue in a purpose built boiler house ( flat roof) in an old peoples home.I had drilled the flat roof and was measuring up the Vert flue, the boiler was on the wall, casing open , electrics panel open ...
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I've registered here in the hope that the UKs finest plumbing brains can help me with a problem.
I have a consignment of smoke generating machines that have got a fault which I have tracked down to being a blocked tube. Heres a picture of the unit so I can hopefully explain in a little...
fridaypassion
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Hello everyone,
Just looking for a bit of advice, I am a self employed sparks and any plumbing work I've got (nothing major) has always been subbied out. However, my regular plumber has retired and to be honest was getting a little expensive as I don't think he actually wanted the work...
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i'm considering fitting one of these. manufacturer's instructions state that filter should be mounted vertically and preferably on boiler return pipe and at least one metre from the boiler. due to layout of my system it's only practical to mount vertically on the ch flow pipe and about 250mm...
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Hi all,
My folks bungalow was built in 1989. After several months of problems with kitchen sink smells and floods then got to the problem today. The sink waste feeds into a gulley trap which is INSIDE the house. This was a gulley with a normal plastic cover where you cut hole for waste pipe and...
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