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A general officer is an officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, or marines.In some usages the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colonel.The term general is used in two ways: as the generic title for all grades of general officer and as a specific rank.
It originates in the 16th century, as a shortening of captain general, which rank was taken from Middle French capitaine général.
The adjective general had been affixed to officer designations since the late medieval period to indicate relative superiority or an extended jurisdiction.
Today, the title of general is known in some countries as a four-star rank. However, different countries use different systems of stars or other insignia for senior ranks. It has a NATO rank scale code of OF-9 and is the highest rank currently in use in a number of armies, air forces, and marine organizations.

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  1. N

    Need general advice regarding home C/H & H/W services.

    My daughter lives alone in a 3 bed semi in the west country. The house is 20 years old. The central heating and hot water are provided from a Glow-worm gas boiler working in conjunction with a Boilermate 2000. The central heating pipework is microbore. In view of the age of the boiler and...
  2. J

    General advise on plumbing tools and materials

    I am renovating a house, which currently has no plumbing. Attached is the design for the house. I'm getting a plumber to fit the boiler and core central heating zones. I am fitting the bathroom, kitchen and radiators. I was planning to use PEX, but I am struggling with availability of...
  3. F

    Feed and expansion tank/cistern and few general system questions.

    Hi, I've got a leak coming from the loft into a bedroom which I think is caused by water overflow from feed and expansion cistern (see attached one of the photos when I found out the cistern overflowing above the overflow pipe) and one other pipe that has a small drops coming out of it that is...
  4. P

    AtagOne and general ATAG support

    Or perhaps I should have said lack of it. ATAG support is like getting blood from a stone. We have moved into a house and when away I set the system up for vacation. 4 days into the break, I looked up the system and saw the hot water was almost 40C, it looks like it's keeping it there when set...
  5. J

    Problems with digital shower, general advice needed

    Firstly , apologies if this is inappropriate. I'm really not sure what questions I should be asking. I had a bathroom refit done around 7.5 years ago, including a digital shower. It's been great, but recently has really started playing up - the controls to raise or lower the temp seem to make...
  6. P

    Fitting baby belfast sink on brackets, what screws & general advice

    Hi all I've got an old baby belfast sink I want to use and I'd like to mount it on old brackets... I've done a mock installation in another part of the house just to see how secure it feels on the brackets and I'm happy with the result. If I put a lot of downward wait on the front lip of the...
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  7. P

    Very general question about working on gas pipes...

    A while before Christmas, we ended up needing the gas pipe feeding our gas hob moving a couple of inches to allow a new oven to slide in properly underneath.. I managed to find a local Gas Safe plumber to come out and do the job for a reasonable price. He explained in general terms what he...
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  8. D

    Baxi Megaflo 28 System ErP General Query/Help

    Hi! So I have just moved into a new house and it has the above boiler fitted and I am trying to understand it as best as possible. The control is set to water and central heating, Normally there is a temperature control for the central heating and then one for the water, but this is combined...
  9. S

    General advice and also extras on CP12

    Hi everyone I have been working as a gas engineer as a boiler installer for the past 5 years and recently I’m getting into doing landlords gas safety certificates. Any advice on faults which I can rectify (stuff to keep in the van) to increase my bill would be great! Also any general advice...
  10. Dan

    General Plumbing Co Ltd

    Dan submitted a new resource: General Plumbing Co Ltd - Just a plumber here. We do plumbing and bathrooms and whatnot Read more about this resource...
  11. centralheatking

    Knackered Knees from decades of Plumbing and general abuse

    This is to anybody whatever age on here with knackered knees...my LH is getting worse. So what do you do please ? I will never have a knee replacement so use a very small amount of ibuprofen to sleep when its bad, and beer on the odd occasion. Anybody got other methods that work for them. I...
  12. M

    General question

    Good Day everyone, Not sure if this is the right place to post. I live in an apartment, there are two apartments on this compound. Two tanks, one for each of us. However, our tank always runs dry and the neighbor's own is always full. Any idea what might be causing this?
  13. D

    Hello - Just joined for general advice

    Hi, just found this forum and looking for general advice, brought a doer upper and although I'd like to install boilers etc I really think that's best left to the experts so really just looking for advice on best practice so I know what to ask etc when I get a plumber round.
  14. A

    General advice -retro fitting wet UFH

    Hi all Newbie here who has joined to try and learn from your collective wealth of experience! I am a homeowner and not in the trade. You will see this from my lack of technical terms, Trying to do as much research as possible so we get it right - this is a one time opportunity and we need to...
  15. S

    General New boiler advice

    Hi there Just some general advice regarding a new boiler We have a 4bed detached house upside down Main bathroom with walk in shower Ensure with walk in shower Both showers mixers fed from boiler What boiler recommendations For this layout If it could run both showers without losing too much...
  16. Lambed84

    General problematic jobs

    Had a problematic tenant Thursday. It's 1815, supposed to finish at 5. On entry to the property for a service, I see a greenstar and cooker and ask the usual, any problems or smells of gas? The occasional wisp near the cooker was the reply. On tt lost 5.5mb, tested twice, cap cooker point, no...
  17. P

    General Advice please?

    Morning peeps, At my wits end and BG Home Service have been no help. We had a Worcester Greenstar 28i junior fitted about 12 years after our previous boiler was condemned when we moved in. We have a 3 bed detached. We have no kids and no garden but our average water rates are double all our...
  18. A

    Will this brazing torch be suitable for general potable water plumbing?

    I salvaged a Bullfinch autotorch brazing kit from someone who wanted to get rid of it (Autotorch Brazing Sys : Autotorch brazing kit). It came with a 4 bar propane canister. I was wondering if this could be used for domestic plumbing of copper pipes? E.g. as brazing torches provide higher...
  19. Dan

    General Election! 8th June

    Well that's a surprise we have a general election on the 8th June! Apparently it'll help brexit. Not sure why or how. (Keep this thread professional - politics can often get people's backs up easy and it's not worth falling out over!)
  20. F

    General heating system question

    Hi All, My Drayton tempest three control panel is clicking on and off so needs replacement. Looking at various websites apparently it a fairly easy switch over for another Drayton control panel. Looking at the instructions online for one it says to set the jumpers for pumped or gravity filled...
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