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One of a bathroom with my mate. Doesn’t look too bad with this wall paint. Would have thought it would turn out not as great but in the end very classy bathroom that is.
The nightmare cutting tile boarder in the corners especially 30/45’ degrees :/ took a while
The floor did a special company as it was vinyl in herringbone style.
The nightmare cutting tile boarder in the corners especially 30/45’ degrees :/ took a while
The floor did a special company as it was vinyl in herringbone style.
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I powered it from underneath the worktop and went with the wire on the flow side along
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It seems like you love tight installs
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Probably the male fitting you were using was too small.
Yes, also my cock is minuscule
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Language?
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thanks Riley ... English language ain’t as easy- Messages
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They say language is innate but I seem to learn it anew each day.
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Yes I was of course referring to my stopcock. Metal just seems to be used more and more frugally by manufacturers these days. Before long all valves will be the size of kinder surprise toys but with even thinner shells.
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Worcester services Ron some of us do it bud . Cheers kop
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whats the boiler in the middle at the bottom? Is that an lód worcester or british gas rd532i
The one at the bottom left is very diety ;/
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The last picture is very shocking - apparently serviced once a year!! No wonder why they last 10years
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Greenstar classic 34cdi combi Ron looks a bit different when stripped mate , agree with you the valliants I service get a heat x clean a flush through and a new G10 seal each year what do you use to clean yours . Kop
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Grim bud but as you done I have rescued my fair share from certain failure . Kop
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Nice service too.
I change on each service the graphite seal G10, electrodes, clean main heat exchanger, flush it out, clean siphon, drain expansion vessel, re charge the vessel, fga, gas rating and my ****.
To be fair I use a lot of elbow grease as I can’t get hold of a special spray for boilers here in uk. Now, I use hard plastic, soft plastic brushes. I used to buy a toilet brush and cut to size which works very well. Viessmann has got a special tool to clean in between the riffles which is a great tool though.
Once all done I use the supplied lubricant before I close the burner. If the heat insulation foams require changed I always do if required.
On Worcester I am taking the exchanger out which is done in 10min and then flush and brush through.
Tomorrow I’ve got an old turbomax apparently serviced each year
will see what I am going to find
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I like servicing, installs and repairs. It is a lot to learn and everyday you learn new things.
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You could use something like Conel Care 270 that’s designed for oil boilers and gas boilers which have a silicium or stainless steal heat exchanger
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Discovered this beauty today, the guy I'm working for the next couple of days had called up saying he could hear water running under the decking when using the kitchen sink. Was convinced it was just a 5minute job 'pushing some pipes back together'. I insisted on going round and lifting the boards up before I would give him a price as I'm used to these things being a can of worms. The cowboys that did the decking had bodged a pushfit waste pipe into solvent weld fitting, held in place with ptfe tape and not a clip in sight. Then at the other end which is shown in this pic, the jokers that rendered the side of the house had filled it in with render and then put the decking boards back up to hide it.
After a bit of excavation I eventually found some indication of a drain being under that mess:
I really don't know how people that work like this can sleep at night!
After a bit of excavation I eventually found some indication of a drain being under that mess:
I really don't know how people that work like this can sleep at night!
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Just had a call from a landlord of mine that has had a dissappearing tenant and wants a hob removing. Turned up to find this and the gas board had turned the gas off to the property. Not one of mine Ron but this is what I deal with on a regular basis. Not sure if you can see from the picture but the cooker hose is also not even located in the bayonet fitting.
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Fittings onto the Hob
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Got to applaud the ingenuity in comical kind of way
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Shocking shoddy work mate. What did you do with the ho , did you turn it off? Or did you just AR it?
I had recently a free standing cooker and I had no stability brackets, no stability chain, cooker not levelled, bayonet not 750mm from floor, and too close to the worktops no space. I was unsure about the judgement and called gas safe and they said to all not NTC ;/ weird .. I learned different things
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It is all out mate. New Hob going in next week with butterfly isolation in the cupboard and new rigid pipework to Hob.
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That’s the way forward harvest. I had a similar case recently where a customer had few engineers who apparently checked for a gas leak but couldn’t find it. I went out for a blocked sink and as soon as I walked in i said you have got a gas leak. So, i started With letby and tightness test and it dropped immediately. Turned out to be the hob and i turned it off.
Why did you need to phone GS? Only thing potentially above NTCS is if it was too close - and then only with signs of distress. Not all cookers need any space.
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This will make you laughter look what I saw today called in to see my electrician mate on a job this is a new heating first fix pipework install shocking in my opinion and a disaster waiting to happen some people !!!
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Standard these days
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@king of pipes shocking
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Did you raise the concerns ? Kop
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Be surprised if he didn’t.
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I phoned because I wasn’t sure how to judge this therefore I called them up. The way it looked and was installed, i would have AR without second thought. I phoned the cooker company and made sure about the space though.
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Oha, that Must have been done by someone who is a diyer or doesn’t care at all. There is absolutely no pride behind the work.
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Yep sure did they know its total s---- !The problem is the installer is local to me and I often bump into him but had to say something personally I will never mix manufacturers pipe and fittings and I am sure theres better ways of first fixing that job . Kop
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Did you actually say something to him in regards to this shocking work?
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No Ron just made the client aware that it's not acceptable I am not involved in the actual project so have no say in it i am afraid . Kop
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Thanks for letting me know KOP. It’s surely better not to get involved,
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Sharp Point
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Another boiler swap done today. Changed a working biasi boiler for the ecotec plus 825
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How much did you pay for your press tool Ron?
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Oha harvest it’s actually on old version of rems.. it still has a wire. I’d actually prefer cordless but as long as it works I won’t buy a new one. You can get already crimping machines for a decent money. Definitely worth the penny. I don’t solder no more I used to a little when I used to be an apprentice and when I got here in uk but have changed back to crimping.
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Thanks scott, it’s nothing major but sometimes you cannot make gold out of a bad install. But I think the customer is happy that’s important.
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Did you get it second hand?
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I got my first one from my old company. Once I left the country I got my second one from my mate which is kind of second hand. But as mentioned still with a wire. I would most like get a cordless one if I was you. I’m super happy with it. It really speeds the works up, it’s no hazard to the property, you can cut live water pipes / put a valve on and crimp. Had to do this many times.
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Hi guys just an update on my saturday's install.
Thank you first of all to all for giving always a great advise and help.
Would you recommend putting a plume on ?
Thank you first of all to all for giving always a great advise and help.
Would you recommend putting a plume on ?
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