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looking for a training centre for cpa1 in newcastle-upon-tyne if anyone can help. cheers:)

Hi my name is matt mccullough and i am writing in regards to any information i can gather in regards to getting myself started in my new career as a plumbing and heating engineer. I am currently studying city and guilds 6129 and then once i have completed this i have enroled to follow on to the...

Completed a degree in product design, no jobs out there after many CV's posted out etc, so after a year of nothing, I started a T4TS course (yes another one) the full one with solar heating training as I was interested before UNI and have always wanted my own business. I wanted to say my...

Hello all, I have a Halstead Ace High which has developed a problem. The domestic water works fine but the central heating will not run at all. I thought that the thermistor may have been faulty but it checks out ok the resistance is around 12-15 ohms when it was warm and I checked the...

Hi, hope you can give some general info before I call a plumber - dreading that one I can tell you! (General background: I have a property which is ex-council on 8th floor that I rent out. Property empty right now and I'm doing appliance tests). When running the washing machine, as it...

I changed a complete lower heating element for a Heatrae Sadia yesterday and now the customer is saying that the new element is not working at all, only the boost element works! No other symptoms on cylinder, however the customer queried why i had to do a draindown as the last engineer changed...

Guys, I am thinking of replacing my central heating system. However, quotes are coming in at around 8000 pounds which is a lot of money for me. I was thinking if i can do some diy when it comes to replacing radiators. I have got around 12-15 to replace. How can i do this? I am thinking of...

Does any of you chaps know if there is a compatible pump head for this boiler other than the OEM type (bosch branded) which is not stocked by my local supplier. I could order for friday but 3 kids no boiler I would like to sort it first thing tomorrow , cheers

in my bathroom, the bath taps have the cold water on the RHS, but my basin has the cold on the LHS. Which way round is correct? and should they be the other way round for a left handed person? (ps: i must confess it was i that plumbed them in when i was learning to plumb about ten years ago;))

Hi, Im looking for any weekend work or evenings with gas engineers or plumbers in and around the dudley area.Willing to travel and work voluntary and have own transport. Looking to gain experience if possibly... Thanks james

Excuse my ignorance before I start but I have what is probably a dumb question but anyway :) I'm just about to put down my final bit of flooring that occupies the bath area. My waste pipe will come up through the floor but I'm a bit unsure of how it will run to the bath. The attached two...

hi guys,i have a gloworm ultimate 40ff,yesterday it would only heat hot water but not C.H.now today i can switch it on but as soon as i switch the central heating or hot water on it trips the RCD so all the sockets in the house switch off,as i say i can switch boiler on but cannot call for...

I have had an extension done on my home for an indoor swimming pool. The builder has connected a yellow plastic gas pipe from where the gas meter is into the pump room for the pool. The plastic pipe runs about 25m from the gas meter underground outside and then comes up through the floor in...

(I'm not an English native, so I apologize if this question makes no sense.) In my apartment, the water is powered by a pump; the only exceptions are the water to the toilet tanks and the cold water to the kitchen. Is it feasible to get rid of the pump, and if so, what is a rough estimate of...

Hi all, I have a gas boiler and a mains pressure cyclinder, the hot water feed to the kitchen is about 65 ft long it takes a long time for the hot water to flow through, the pipe is 15mm if i change the pipe to 10mm will it improve the time it takes for the hot water to flow? also will it...

Im a bit confused to what the real average wage of a plumber is, I mean you get so many salesmen and dodgy sites promising extreme salarys. I was wondering if its not to personal if a few of you could give me real figures on say last 2-3 years... I know there has been a bad time with credit...

can anyone in the crewkerne area, (or willing to travel distances up to 20 miles) help me out. i have nearly completed a plumbing open college course through LSOC ( learning and skills open college ) and would like to go on with someone to gain experience. at the moment i am working 4 days on...

Hi, If there are any gas fitters/plumbers in the Stoke-On-Trent area and possibly within say 40 mile radius that need some help on weekends.im willing to help for free to gain some experience....... Can travel by car... Thanks Andy.:)

Hi. I came here from plumbingzone. One of your members (Helpsy) gave me this link so I figured I would check it out. Maybe some of you here already know me from plumbingzone as Bill. I am a second generation VA master plumber, VA licensed building contractor, certified welder, and a variety of...

hiya peeps -first post on here:rolleyes: im gona do a course (not a "fast track" just a home learning and u attend practical .now im in scotland and as olci have a workshop up here they were in the running but after reading a few stories on here im not so sure now .the guy on the phone was a bit...