protection

Hi, I need to plumb speedfit pipes around some metal joists without drilling into them. Should i protect the plastic pipe with something to prevent it rubbing on the metal joists? Also, what would you recomend to attach/clip the pipe? Thanks, Colin

Hi guys hoepfully someone can help me. the frost protection light sequence is flashing. The boiler is in the garage. Would that suggest there is a frost stat on the wall? Or in the actual boiler? Timeclock - seems to have 6 settings, I've never known a boiler to give you the option to set 6...

Hi, Do I need an external frost stat for our greenstar ri erp & greenstar-I boliters or how can I frost prodect them? .......thanx ......nick

Ive Just completed my C&G Diploma In Plumbing Level 2 an later found out that it wasn't worth much without the NVQ Portfolio, So ive join a training centre and started my Portfolio completing all the jobs i need to do to get signed off aswell as taking all the required pictures, ive also got a...

IFLO boiler switch: I have separate settings for both hot water and heating. However, when I want to set the heating by the thermostat whilst I am away (ie. for frost protection), I seem to have to set both the heating and hot water to "ON" rather than just setting the heating to ON. If I only...

Hello team! Quick question with regards to frost protection.....I had Worcester Greenstar 29 CDI fitted around December 2014. My plumber told me not to worry about frost protection as the boiler has some type of frost stat built in as standard which will kick in if the temperature reaches 5...

What types of fire protection does anyone on here use for the 30 min fire protection. ? Sourced some panels but prices are very expensive

Hi all, I will be fitting a new flue to a Worcester boiler as the cement has munched through the old flue in a couple of places. My question is there anything that I can wrap the flue with as it passes through the wall to act as a sacrificial protector for the new flue. I have thought about...

I will be running a 22mm plastic heating pipe horizontally through a cavity wall (inside of garage to under floorboards in living room) and need to know what width and length drill bit to buy for the job. Its my understanding that the piping will need some type of sleeve around it to protect it...

Any advise on the best knee protection as getting a lot of build up of fluid and just had my knee drained.

Hi is there any kind of system that will turn off an immersion heater if the tank water gets too hot - ie if the immersion heater's own thermostat failed and it stayed on all the time ? thanks

are we talking 13 amp protection.

I have a potential job coming up involving plastic coated gas pipe buried in concrete screed and will need at least one soldered jointrequiring protection which is unavoidable – Haven't been involved much with buried pipe work and can’t find anyone supplying PVC tape specified assuitable for...

Had an emergency call out today, leaking mains under screed and tiled floor. My question is it too much of a risk to run a new cold externally rather than dig up the customers beautiful kitchen?

Hello, Apologies if you get asked this question all of the time but I'm trying to get the answer to it for my specific installation. I'm planning to go away soon and due to the cold weather I'm trying to prepare the house as best I can. My intention is to have my central heating running for...

Came across this in one of the trade mags. Link The idea is that before a big job, the customer puts the cash into a bonded account, controlled by bondpay. You do the job, and at the end, assuming all goes well, Bondpay release the money to you. If its a long job, stage payments can be part of...

ok so heres another somewhat uncertain area. im fitting a heatslave combi next week, and the customer wants it in the utility room. The room is approx 8ft x 10ft with a upvc back door and a upvc window. it has a flat roof of some descript. The owner is going to half the room somehow to...

just looked through a worcester heatslave manual for the wiring diagram of the control panel. Just checking the frost stat terminals and noticed it shows the fitting of TWO frost stats. Now i presume instaed of using a pipe stat to switch off the boiler , they have designed it be controlled...

If I insulate pipes that are going to be laid in screed, would I still need to wrap in Denso?

Hi, I was looking through some pictures earlier on the site and saw a few of you guys wearing gloves. Am wondering, what do you wear them for? General plumbing work? Or drilling. I know my hands get battered at the end of the day with cuts from the burrs on pipes, then flux going in these cuts...