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I would like to buy a 3 bedroom semi-detached house in East Midlands area. Everything has been removed from it. There is no central heating system, not a single pipe in the house, besides water and gas supply in the kitchen. The meters are in the hallway next to the entrance. I am wondering how...

Client has a property and required an unvented upgrade to increase pressure. New cylinder + set up put in and new programmer. Everything was fine however a few weeks later reported the boiler coming on by itself and stayed on throughout the night sometimes. When doing this he informed me...

Hi all I been working for a plumbing company for the past 3 years in South Africa, and I'm moving to the UK in 2 years time, I would just like to get some advice, on what I would need to go straight to work once I'm there, and what I need to do?

I am a fully qualified plumber but along my way I have gained the experience in many other fields so my main is my everyday plumbing bag then I have a roller tool box with the obscure and non everyday plumbing tools but then I have a tilling toolbox a plastering tool box a electrical tool...

Hi all, First post here so I hope I don't bore you all but I need some help with getting one radiator to work, and I think I will need to provide some thorough background on this. We have 13 radiators in the house - 6 on the ground floor, 5 on the first floor, 1 in the attic, and 1 in the...

I treated myself to some HWOS nozzle boxes last week, they far more suit my OCD than my previous set up. Trouble is, now I have 2 red boxes full of left overs - who ever uses 60 degree ES's?.....These new boxes are £21 but Ive seen someone selling them on Fleabay for £45! How do you keep yours?

Hi, We are looking to buy a house and the current owners have a Worcester 30Si boiler. They have recently had it serviced and sent us the record. It all seems fine and it says it is safe to use, but in the section details of any faults/remedial work to be carried out, there are three points...

After reading on a thread once that someone on here was changing 3 ports by bunging cold feed & vent I decided to give it a go today... It worked :), I was we'll chuffed! My back up plan was alot of towels at the ready, but not needed at all... Happy days... I have only bunged a system once...

Why do some plumbers feel the need to coat everything with silicone!! Just got back from changing two diaphragm in a school toilets (so it was not a DIY job!) and everything water touched had loads of silicone coated on! Retaining nut, rubber washer in cistern, nut on the flush pipe. Then PTFE...

Hi,new poster here!I am doing a refurb in a factory(new toilets,urinals & wash hand basins).Everything is currently tank fed but the owner wants everything running from the mains.I am wondering if there are any regulations/guidelines about leaving a toilet/Whb being supplied from the tank incase...

i was called to a broken pro combi this evening, not going through ignition sequence or anything, checked the power supply etc opened the pcb cover to dicover a little family of cockroaches and all their dusty little poo's! that was it for me i said call an exterminator and i'll come back. COULD...

my boiler has started playing up again. tried using the cnetral heating today and for the first few seconds everything seems ok. you can hear the boiler starting to heat up the water and pump it through then all of a sudden starts makeing a clunking noise and flashing light comes on. I took the...

I realise this is more for an acountant to answer but I hope someone can make it a bit clearer. have recently become VAT registered and I employ 2 people. I am registered as a sole trader. If I were to charge £40 plus VAT I would charge the customer £48. the £8 VAT would then go quarterley to...

My van got broken into saturday night and all my tools and drills got stolen. I work for a firm but apparently i will receive £300 on J.I.B. Thieving little sods. Ive lost 2 x 18 volt makita lithium hammer drills 2x 18 volt makita impact drills, makita sds drill, makita core drill, makita angle...

Because the Transit is off the road, I hired a van today to load up the job. Hire van was a Renault Trafic 58 plate and all I can say about it is what a pile of shiite. Everything about it felt plasticky and the window wipers and general controls were crap. The only good thing about was the...

I have a Worcester Heatslave oil fired combi that yesterday stopped supplying heat to the radiators for apparently no reason at all. The boiler was working fine with all the radiators hot and plenty of hot water from the taps, the pump was running although very hot and the pressure had...

Good day I have just joined this forum. I have a small cottage in Wales. There is no gas supply. I do not have much space to install an outside oil or gas tank and do not want the expense. The property is well insulated. I intend to run everything electric. Heating: My desire is to have...

Replaced a gas valve and ASD pilot assembly on a baxi bermuda back boiler yesterday. Everything working fine, lovely in fact, left the customer with hot water and heating after being without it for 2 months. However, i get a call from the customer today to say that the pilot light went out...

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I was working for a friend yesterday, (no good deed goes unpunished) anyway, whilst I was working she also had a 'handy man, property maintenance expert in' Unfortunately, he saw her bill, not that I was embarrassed but I don't think its good form for other trades to know what I/we charge. He...