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    Satronic/Honeywell 832.3 keeps failing

    Check for short cycling. If the control box is constantly stop-starting it will wear out quickly. Check your boiler temp / flow and return and Delta T is correct
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    Grant VortexBlue Oil Boiler

    Use an S plan rather than a Y plan. BTW with the Grant Vortex Blueflame models, using a Grant G1 accredited installer gives you a full 10 year parts and labour warranty.
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    Air Lock in water pipes

    I had this problem with a customer once. Took ages to figure it out, but on blowing back the other way we found that the decomposing head of a dead mouse had become jammed in the pipework. The mouse had chewed through the cistern lid and fallen in and drowned. The customer got me back very...
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    Servicing Tools is a very important part of any Plumbing business

    Our local merchants stocks King Dick tools, and when they get the T shirts in, they sell out very quickly. I must admit that the tools are second to none - I have an Allen key set I got a few years ago and I have really abused it, and none of the keys have bent or snapped. Worth every penny...
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    BathStore has gone down the tube

    Had nothing but hassle from them. One customer bought a shower enclosure and asked me to fit it. There was literally only about 2mm adjustment to the vertical on it and the walls were loads out. I had to improvise with tile edging.
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    What is the best pipe slice?

    Don't be tempted to buy the plastic ones. Theyre useless after a while
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    What is the best pipe slice?

    The Kopex or Monument (or Rothenberger which is just a rebadged Kopex). They are all pretty much the same. Buy a box of 10 cutting wheels as a blunt wheel is what generally lets you down. Keep them well oiled at all times or they can sometimes spiral
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    Pan Waste Connector slightly up hill

    Either raise on a plinth or change the outlet height (or buy a WC with a higher outlet)
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    vertical waste pipe is 235mm from wall, need a WC to accommodate this

    Chop a hole in the wall, fit a new soil outlet into the stack. Fill the old vertical pipe up with cement and point smooth in the chamber where it joins the rest. Just done one last week. It's the only really satisfactory way to get a close coupled WC in. Your only cheap and easy option is to...
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    Blank required for kuterlite 1700 fitted with black 21.5 o/d alkathene

    You've done the correct thing
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    Woodburner with gravity circuit

    Any solid fuels system must conform to safety requirements. There must be sufficient means of dissipating excess heat. You cannot have a fully pumped system like for a gas or oil boiler. It must also incorporate a fail-to-safety device within the system
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    How far can a Oil pump draw from tank

    Soft copper (which is non annealed unlike Table X) is subject to creep. Even with inserts fitted. It's best practice to use flared fittings as the copper is pinched between two brass faces and can't creep. Compression fittings must not be used on high pressure and safety critical systems as...
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    Housing Grant oil fired boiler

    Find a local sheet metal worker. They will be able to sort you out
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    Grant vortex pro external 36e poor hot water

    Following. Any progress? I had this problem and found the water jacket was full of sludge. I cracked open all the plugs, disconnected the pipework and dangled a drain jetting hose inside. You wouldnt believe the sludge that came out
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    Woodburner with gravity circuit

    Cylinder must be a gravity cylinder. A regular cylinder from the merchant's is designed for pumped water and it probably won't work properly in a gravity circuit
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    Fire valve requirement

    How long is a piece of string? No two jobs are the same. It depends on what remedial work is needed. It's not simply a case of taking out a boiler and putting a new one in. The original system for a start needs all the sludge cleaning and flushing out (you wouldnt' put a new engine in your...
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    Fan puller that will last.

    This sort of puller is better as the arms are narrow. I got mine off ebay for about £8. Just take the screws out if they get in the way
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    How far can a Oil pump draw from tank

    You need to understand Physics. You need smaller not larger pipe. I would replace with 8mm. It's all in the OFTEC books and you should have covered it when you did your OFTEC course! If the flow is under gravity, then there is no issue with the distance. If under suction, then you will need...
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    Worcester Bosch Heatslave Green star 18/25 continuously locks out

    My guess is that the tank is lower than the boiler. If so, you probably have a bad joint which is allowing air in and letting the oil level drop back towards the tank, causing an airlock
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    Grant VortexBlue Oil Boiler

    I fit mainly the Vortex Blue boilers. Rock solid piece of kit. What really attracts people is the 10 year full parts and labour warranty available through the Grant GOne installer scheme. They come with a 24 litre expansion vessel as standard so rarely needs an extra vessel.

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