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  1. SlimD

    Heating needs hot water on to get it to work

    That’s what threw me. It’s an old boiler (20+ years) but fully pumped. I’m wondering if it just wasn’t set up right originally? 1603636107 I did put my multimeter on them and couldn’t find a problem. Will be checking again though when I go back.
  2. SlimD

    Heating needs hot water on to get it to work

    Not yet. Thought I’d seek some advice first. ive just been told that on these old systems HW has to be on for CH to work but there might be a dip switch on back of timer to change setup.
  3. SlimD

    Heating needs hot water on to get it to work

    After advice: Got a sealed heating system run off an old Potterton Suprema system boiler. Can only get heating to come on by turning on both heating and hot water. Then once boiler fires turn hot water off and heating kicks in after a few minutes but Heating won’t come on by itself when first...
  4. SlimD

    Day 21 Advent Calendar

    Pigs in blankets and MD is Mark Bradley.
  5. SlimD

    What to charge customers...

    ...and some are just greedy bastards!
  6. SlimD

    What to charge customers...

    Thanks for the advice. I’ll definitely be upping my prices. Just got to decide what to. I also do general plumbing work too. Would anyone price that differently to gas work or just one rate for all?
  7. SlimD

    What to charge customers...

    £75 for first 2 hours then £40/h or 180/day for pricework
  8. SlimD

    What to charge customers...

    I’m trying to get an idea about what I should be charging as I’ve been told I’m not charging enough. I don’t want to charge too much as I don’t like the idea of ripping people off but don’t want to be working too cheap either. I’m in NW Kent. Can anyone give me an idea of what they charge as: a)...
  9. SlimD

    #novanber Let’s stop van theft/tool theft

    I agree about the point of law etc... however the police are a non-entity these days for this kind of thing so at present there are NO consequences for these scumbags actions and they know it as they know there’s no police left anyway, thanks to Tory cuts, so they’ve nothing to fear and can do...
  10. SlimD

    #novanber Let’s stop van theft/tool theft

    Got to turn it around on them. If they know they’ll be spoken to in their own language (arse kicking) then they might think again.
  11. SlimD

    Alpha Intec 28X intermittent heating.

    Thanks. I’ve since spoken to the customer again and he said it works sporadically so I’m leaning more towards a blockage too. I think this could benefit from a power flush.
  12. SlimD

    Low hot water pressure in shower

    Definitely check the filters. Could be debris in them or scale build up. Also check the isolation valves on the hot side are all fully open (including any valves on the hot feed to the pump) and that they've not been partially closed restricting the flow.
  13. SlimD

    Alpha Intec 28X intermittent heating.

    Anyone familiar with alphas? Not worked on one before. I had one a couple of days ago that had no heating but DHW was working ok. Problem started out intermittent then got worse until it didn't work at all. Heating would heat up the flow to max then shut down quite quickly until temp dropped...
  14. SlimD

    Non-payer: Advice please?

    Thanks but impression I get is that people just ignore these judgements as they know it will keep costing the complainant more to pursue and the court won’t really do much to enforce it.
  15. SlimD

    Non-payer: Advice please?

    I'm a sole-trader and I had a call from a maintenance company asking me to do a stopcock repair for a customer as their plumber couldn't get to them. Price was agreed, they sent me job reference etc... did the job, sent the invoice...nothing. Contacted them and they said they'd pay it 28 days...
  16. SlimD

    Boiler flue not accessible but builder says it's all one piece

    Doesn’t matter what the builder says. Sounds like a bit of a fly-by-night so he could say anything he likes and you’d be none the wiser. Bottom line is consealed flues MUST be accessible for inspection. Whether that’s hatches or some other means of access. It’s done for safety so that a flue...
  17. SlimD

    Boiler flue not accessible but builder says it's all one piece

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  18. SlimD

    Baxi solo 2pf turns on off on off repeatedly

    Thanks I’ll remember that if I get called back to it
  19. SlimD

    Advice for going self employed.

    I got made redundant at end of 2015 so used my payout to retrain, got qualified and GasSafe in 2016. Steep learning curve but if you apply yourself and go for it then it’ll work out. I ummed and aarred about vans. New or old but went for an older van in the end. I found an ex-AA van at auction...
  20. SlimD

    Baxi solo 2pf turns on off on off repeatedly

    Yes. Seems it was a loose connection somewhere on either the board or the potentiometer. I had it all out to check it and when I put it all back it all started working normally. Bloody electrics!

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