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  1. Jock Spanners

    Two houses but only one boiler?

    Evening All, I have a customer who wants a modern oil boiler fitting to replace his ancient one. The big problem is he's divided his house into two with a holiday cottage next door. I'm not sure but surely that's against Building Regs and he needs two boilers?. Can anyone advise me? Thanks, Jock
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    How do I bend oil pipe?

    Exterior or interior? From where?
  3. Jock Spanners

    How do I bend oil pipe?

    Evening All, We've just moved into gas boilers (after years doing gas) and are currently tooling up. On our first install we had problems bending the 10mm plastic coated, white pipe. Possibly because of the sub-zero conditions the covering shattered when we bend it by hand. It measures 12mm...
  4. Jock Spanners

    Are designer, column type radiators bi-directional?

    Cheers Shaun, Of course it's a concrete floor and the pipes are the wrong way round!
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    Are designer, column type radiators bi-directional?

    Evening all, A customer has shown me some designer, flat column type radiators she wants me to fit. On the bottom they are marked 'in' and 'out' which I assume means flow and return. Does anyone know if it makes any difference which way the flow and return is connected? I don't imagine it does...
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    Pipe Detector for concrete floors

    Evening All, I've just had a mare of a day digging up a kitchen floor trying to re-route pipes. Can anyone recommend some kind of pipe detector that will detect pipes in concrete? Jock
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    Has anyone fitted a hybrid ASHP/solar thermal/unvented cylinder system with gas boiler back up?

    Good Afternoon All, This is my first time on the renewables forum so please forgive my ignorance. I've been interested in ASHPs for about 15 years but have always doubted their economic viability - especially for retrofits. Now that there will be no gas connected to new builds in 4 years I am...
  8. Jock Spanners

    Most common gas hazards in the home?

    If you look at the deaths from carbon monoxide poisoning the majority are from faulty gas fires.
  9. Jock Spanners

    Most common gas hazards in the home?

    The most dangerous appliances are gas fires.
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    To seal a central heating system or not?

    Thanks guys, Long story short he's read an article in the Daily Torygraph about gas boilers being phased out by 2025 so he wants to explore different options. The journalist basically said that all we need to do is change gas boilers to air source heat pumps. If only!
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    To seal a central heating system or not?

    Thanks. Would I need a Pex designed especially for this? I can't picture how it's piped up. Does it have two pairs of ports? I assume this would also work with a system boiler?
  12. Jock Spanners

    To seal a central heating system or not?

    This is new to me guys. How exactly do you do it?
  13. Jock Spanners

    To seal a central heating system or not?

    So you'd risk it? I don't think they can afford to spend much more than the cost of a new boiler instal.
  14. Jock Spanners

    To seal a central heating system or not?

    Good morning everyone, I have a big old vicarage which needs a new regular boiler. They also want fancy mixer taps in the kitchen . They have two hot water cylinders linked together, a shower pump and curved old radiators in the bay windows. I'm agonizing over what to do. The easiest option is...
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    Can anyone recommend a good tap spanner?

    I agonised about spending the money but I'm glad I did they're the dog's bollocks: https://www.screwfix.com/p/armeg-jaw-dropper-plumbing-wrench-set/99190
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