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  1. missplumb

    pricing large jobs

    i agree, i wouldnt pay a qs/estimator to price it, what they charge has to come out of your money and you might not get the job, especially if your price includes £1000 for qs fees. just price as you would any other job, list of materials, how many men to do it, how long at £x/hr. if its going...
  2. missplumb

    Carbon steel press fit pipes for water heating systems (commercial)

    weve actually not used any of it, ive never liked the idea of it, the cost of it compered to copper wanst that much of a saving and by the time you added a magnaclean, suitable inhibitors etc, it was cheaper to use copper. But we do look after 9 biomass boilers that have all been piped up with...
  3. missplumb

    Expansion Vessels

    check the operating temperature for the diaphragm, potable may be lower than a heating one, heating vessels are only usually rated to 70 degrees
  4. missplumb

    Rate

    i would take the job on, as long as its installed correctly, passes all your checks then i would be happy to take responsibility for it, its more work in the future as you will hopefully get the servicing and possible breakdowns from it!!
  5. missplumb

    Soil pipe chamfer

    i dont deal with soil pipe anymore sonot worth buying tools for it!!! just scrape the pipe along the wall whilst turning, job done - and dont forget to rub the marks off!!!!!!LOL
  6. missplumb

    quick question

    Thanks croppie, this sounds like I'm gonna be charged a fortune just to cover his gas safe!!!!! Hmm
  7. missplumb

    commercial gas work in Leeds

    Hi, im looking for an independant gas engineer with commercial tickets to undertake looking after 3 500kw gas boilers in Leeds for us. It would involve a monthly site visit and then call outs to breakdowns. The boilers are all brand new as is the plantroom and still under manufactureres...
  8. missplumb

    quick question

    hi Shaun, im not thinking of doing it myself, im looking for someone to do some work for us and needed to make sure they have the correct modules, but thanks
  9. missplumb

    quick question

    what gas safe commercial modules do you need to service and repair commercial gas boilers? ive been looking on the gas safe site for and engineer and no-one seems to have the correct module for boilers which seems very strange.
  10. missplumb

    heat batteries.

    anyone seen these, they are still in development for use on district heating, but are available for hot water. Weve taken a single unit which will give upto 100ltrs of water at 60 degrees before the batteries are depleted. i think the technology is still off abit as to get the equivalent of a...
  11. missplumb

    commercial pictures ?

    have you got any pics showing flow pipework from the boilers into the system,
  12. missplumb

    Pickup Truck

    we are about to get a ford ranger. they are selling the 2015 spec with 3 yrs intrest free credit. Still brand new but they have just bought out the 2016 spec which is not as nice IMO. Tried new Navarra which compared to the old one we had was pants. Amoroks are nice but a bit expensive. Hilux...
  13. missplumb

    commercial pictures ?

    no, radiator for a woodchip drying floor
  14. missplumb

    commercial pictures ?

    been fitting an ETA 350kw biomass boiler, we arent at commissioning yet butits taking shape, shame the builders didnt have a level when they put the concrete down
  15. missplumb

    Celebrity customers/aquaintances

    as a kid i used to wash chubby browns car for him, but now only have Beefy Bothams biomass boiler on our books for service and maintenance. When i was an apprentice, i had to do some snagging in a new build that Bernie Slaven had just moved into.
  16. missplumb

    Pellet stove to buffer store circulation problems

    if you run the return directly from the buffer to the mixer valve then the buffer should heat up fully. your heating circuit is taking the heat out of the buffer and it cant reheat as it has to go through the radiators to create a circuit. Also i wouldnt have the expansion vessel on the flow or...
  17. missplumb

    What would be ...

    i wish id worked that bit harder in english at school and got a grade c. If i did i would have got an apprenticeship with ICI as a Tiffy. My mate managed it and now he works 4 days a week on £60,000/yr. It wouldnt be my perfect job but life would be so much easier and id be so much happier. At...
  18. missplumb

    speed fit fittings on chrome on copper pipe??

    i went to a job at the disney store at the metrocentre, numpties had connected the door curtain heaters with speedfit on the chrome pipes. 2 days after the flagship stores new opening and the carpets were ruined because the fittings came off!!
  19. missplumb

    Plate heat exchanger

    and we use these but get them through Albion (who make cylinders) Products - SWEP what sort of power are you looking at Kw?
  20. missplumb

    new toys

    i use the loadall to load the logs into the chipper which then blows into our store ready to be put through our drying unit to sell onto customers to put in their biomass boilers.

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