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  1. SimonG

    Puppy ate my shower! Can this be fixed?

    Nope, it's absolutely Donald ducked. Need a new one.
  2. SimonG

    Toilet temperamental

    Something stuck in the pan connector or soil pipe. Those stupid plastic toilet cleaners can cause this.
  3. SimonG

    Regular radiator bleeding

    Pin hole leak on suction side of pump.
  4. SimonG

    No hot water in bathroom.

    Do you have any water out the hot taps or is it just running cold?
  5. SimonG

    Wood burning to heat pump

    Totally incompatible. Look at bumping up the insulation.
  6. SimonG

    Identifying 3/4" copper from 22mm copper.

    Can tell its 3/4" as soon as you put a 22mm end feed fitting on it. As above, carry 3/4" x 22mm soldered reducers and 3/4" olives.
  7. SimonG

    Awkward listed renovation

    Best to call in a planning expert first to see what you can get away with.
  8. SimonG

    After a long hiatus, I'm back.

    Welcome back and good luck with the self employment
  9. SimonG

    How do I undo this connector? (1/2 BSI)

    You'll have to undo the purple first before undoing the yellow.
  10. SimonG

    Vaillant Eco Boiler not working query

    Going to need your gas safe person to have a look.
  11. SimonG

    Stuart Turner Pump Pulsing When Shower Off.

    I'll give that a try.
  12. SimonG

    Stuart Turner Pump Pulsing When Shower Off.

    Yes, isolate both it stops. Isolate hot only and it stops. Isolate cold and it pulses. All the pipe from pump to shower valve is visible in cylinder cupboard.
  13. SimonG

    Stuart Turner Pump Pulsing When Shower Off.

    That's the real issue, I'm positive it's the pump yet Stuart Turner say it's the system.
  14. SimonG

    Stuart Turner Pump Pulsing When Shower Off.

    Unfortunately not, the connections to the valve are all fully exposed inside the cylinder cupboard. Real head scratcher.
  15. SimonG

    Stuart Turner Pump Pulsing When Shower Off.

    There's less than 3 foot of copper pipe from the pump to the shower valve.
  16. SimonG

    Stuart Turner Pump Pulsing When Shower Off.

    Strange one. Stuart Turner Showermate, supplied by customer, fitted March last year. All was well until August when they contacted me to say there was an issue with it pulsing when the shower is off. I don't believe in coincidence, but at the same time as the issue arose they were having an...
  17. SimonG

    Pricing jobs

    i use a spreadsheet in xl to list out materials + % then estimate number of days/hours to do the job, add a bit on and that's my price. Gets easier with experience and also if you log materials and time actually used to compare back to your estimate.
  18. SimonG

    Outside tap lost pressure since cold snap

    Probably the crappy double check valve in the tap.
  19. SimonG

    CH upgrade - unreasonable gas usage expectations?

    It's my end that doesn't work. But I check everything monthly.

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