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HCL Connections is a Web 2.0 enterprise social software application developed originally by IBM and acquired by HCL Technologies in July 2019. Connections is an enterprise-collaboration platform which helps teams work more efficiently. Connections is part of HCL collaboration suite which also includes Notes / Domino, Sametime, Portal and Connections.

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    3/4 parallel thread connector leaks

    Hi All, Thanks for the info I've had by lurking on these forums for a while, but now I have a problem I need to ask about. I'm fitting a 3 hole bath filler and taps as in the photo. The horizontal connection on the right is a normal 3/4 tap connector, but the bottom connection on the tap...
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    Pipe Stat

    Could anyone please tell me the correct pipe stat to buy to fit to my hot water return (central heating) pipe to control the circulating pump switching it on as the temp. rises above 45 degrees and switching it off as the temp drops below 45 degrees. I have bought a danfoss type AT 041e0000...
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    Fittings

    :):) I suppose one of the first things that give away a new guy, is if they don't know the names of the fittings. There is obviously a coupler for instance, but what sort? Compression, push fit, solder ring, end feed and so on, then type and composition, it goes on. Usually though, we...
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    Do i charge the customer

    hi all i have been called out to do a landlord certificate in a flat. Upon lowering the control panel (ideal isar 35he) there was a electrical short (still yet to be found) and the boiler went dead. Unfortunatly this short has blown the PCB. My question is would it be right to charge the...
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    Is it a direct or indirect hot water cylinder?

    hi, my first post , and I need some advice on trying the idetify what type of hot water cylinder I need to replaced a very old one that has been removed by special asbestos company. 1. I cant find a separate feed/ expansion tank , 2. the gas boiler only heats water and no rads 3. pipe...
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    Not paid for a job

    Hi All, I hope you can help me. I did a job a few months(February) ago and I have not been paid. I have chased the client up and still nothing. Now today they emailed me because they are having a problem. With the floor that was laid. Now legally because I have not been paid for the work do I...
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    cast iron joining

    hi everyone.im starting a new job where i might have to maintain old cast iron pipework.but because im a fairly young plumber ive never worked with cast iron. ive been doun some research and can only really get info from america.so i dont know if it applies here. they say that oakum fibre is...
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    Horizontal Accumulator will it work???

    I have a problem and aside from that would also very much like to know if anyone has an opinion about using a horizontal tank as an accumulator tank. The designated area that I have to fit in log boiler and components has a very low headroom 1.8M. I calculate I need a 2000lt tank and cannot find...
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    Mains water pipe question

    Hello everyone Can anyone tell me what the official name is for the Grey wavin like pipe in the back ground that is been used to carry mains water into the block of apts. IT looks like its a 4"(100mm) pipe, due to the fact it has to carry mains pressure(in this case there is also 4pumps on...
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    Testing Water Pressure

    I need to test the water pressure coming out of the bathroom taps (hot&cold) I've got a monument mains water pressure gauge but it comes with an adpater for a washing machine tap! Does anyone know if you can get adapters to fit ordinary bathroom taps, or a pressure tester that doesn't cost a...
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    Connecting two toilets

    Hi everyone Can you tell me if it is possible to connect a new toilet to an existing toilet in the adjacent room by using some sort of connecting pipe through the wall between the two toilets and then have the waste from both toilets to go out into one soil pipe, which is attached to the...
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    cylinder stat wiring

    Im replacing my cylinder stat but am unsure of connections . Existing stat has 2 connections ...one goes to programmer & other goes to hot water motorised valve . New stat has 3 terminals ....I assume common connects to programmer as the feed ,but does the motorised valve lead go to the call for...
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    Ideal Classic NF80 problem

    I have been called out to service an Idel Classic NF 80 boiler wich was not working. When I undone the control box so that it was hanging on its wiring the boiler started up as it should. so I put the contol box back in position and then nothing so undone the control box again as before and...
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    Help to identify a push-fit fitting. Poly/Copper ??

    Hi Guys, Im a DIY plumber when needs must and have been asked to fit a new kitchen mixer tap by my brother-in-law. Easy, I thought having fitted the father-in-laws last week but when I looked under the sink, the push fit connections used to connect the current system were a mystery to me...
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    Dishwasher querie

    Dear All Attended customers property yesterday and he explained the following problem to me. His dishwasher and washing machine were both plumbed into the same feed, but his dishwasher cuts out because there isnt enough flow of water. One of the units is plumbed in via a self cutting tap onto...
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    10yr old Basin mixer tap doesn't take 10mm or 12mm !!

    I'm just changing connections from cold/hot water feeds to Grohe 10yr old basin mixer tap and wish I had never started. The reason I wanted to change to flex hose was that the current connections had no service valve and also to get some practice in! Had both 10mm and 12mm flex hose + service...
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    Leak in tenement flat

    Hi We've been getting leaked on for several months from above – there's a patch of about 2 foot of damp in our new kitchen ceiling. We've had several plumbers out to look at the two flats above and they have not managed to diagnose the problem. Now the council have been out a few times and...
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    Which hose pipes and connections are the best?

    Hi guys, am just wanting a bit of advice on which hose pipes and connections to get for the normal plumbing jobs, like draining down a system. Also unions to connect onto radiator valves when power flushing a combi. Where do you guys buy them? Regards mutley
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    combi boiler flush through filling loop

    Dear Forum I have a combi system and need to flush the system. I have filled it with sludge remover via a radiator dosing point and now need to flush it out. I am looking for the best way to do this, in terms of connections etc, and understand that I can do this by connecting a hose to the...
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    Programmer wiring help

    Could someone please help me to wire the programmer in correctly. We had a problem with the motorised valve and initially I thought it was the time clock so I bought a programmer. when it came to fitting it I noticed the wiring was all over the place and didnt match up to the diagram in the...
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