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    MLCP Fittings dripping

    Has anybody had any experience of MLCP fittings leaking? I’ve used tweet top fittings on a few decent sized jobs and had zero issues, however I’ve just been to a job I’ve done and 3 fittings had a very small drip on them, crimp gun has been calibrated etc and pipework has been correctly...
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    cscs cards

    Hello all, I'm due to start a new job in a weeks time and am required to get a CSCS card. I am going in as a plumber/gas fitter and I'm just double checking I'm getting the right card? Could you please take a look at the link and tell me if its the right one? Gas Service Fitter Blue...
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    Help

    After replacing a fluidmaster on wednesday i still have blue hands!! The cust had loads of that blue block or whatver its called in the cistern, i started the job wearing vinyl gloves but they soon got slung as they always do, has anyone got any tips on how to remove this stuff off my hands as i...
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    quicky

    mate wants a basin moving to near enough next to he shower, however the joists run the wrong way for me to carry n the separate basin waste from where it is now, can i tee into the shower waste and fit an anti vac trap on the basin ? thanks alot jack
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    shower problems

    right, cust wants a new mixer shower fitting to her low pressure system , cold from tank hot from cylinder however she's wanting a combi fitting in 18 months, so anyone got any advice on how to go about this? my only idea is to buy a cheap mixer shower with 150mm enters of ebay to tie them over...
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    shower feeds

    got a customer who wants a new mixer shower fitting, there old shower is about 7 years old and they want it replacing, the supplies are, cold from separate tank, and hot is fed from the cylinder, what brand of shower would you recommend? Both are piped up in 15mm at the moment and the pressure...
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    saftey boots

    who wears saftey boots? i have always been a trainer guy only wearing boots when on a site or when i have to, but after standing on a nail this morning and spending 3 hours in the dr's having injections and a dressing put on i have vowed to always wear boots, actually going to hot up on all...
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    Nightmare!

    I'm on a job now, siphon change on a c/c toilet, cistern has been siliconed to the wall, been shoving a hacksaw blade down the back of it put its just bending the blade! It's been siliconed all the down to the pan with horrible black silicone! Nightmare!!! Also tried heating blade up and sliding...
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    Plumbcenter

    Went into plumber center yesterday, 15mm nail clips, bag of 22mm nail clips, bag of 10mm clips £30 please!! not a chance Plumbfix next door bag of 15mm nail clips, bag of 22mm nail clips, bag of 10mm clips 100 talon 15mm locking clip and 100 22mm locking clips 25 pound!! bit better!
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    Watertight

    for some reason an old post cropped up before when i was having a mooch at dinner time, watertight trying to find work, well it now sounds like you have found your feet in plumbing and are doing well so its good that things will work out!! well done and i wish you all the best for your future...
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    most common thing said

    i have my own tools and van!
  12. J

    quitting smoking

    Read a few threads on here about lads trying to quit! just wondering how they are getting on? i quit for about 2 months but have recently tarted again ( about 10 roll ups a day) but am determined to quit in the new year i just have no will power!!! any advice would be great!
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    weird one

    we fitted a biasi combi a few weeks ago, now its leaking! but not from any of the pipe work its all bone dry, the boiler isn't dropping in pressure. the leak doesn't happen through the day, but when the customer turns the stat down at night and goes to bed when she awakes she has a nice bowl...
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    Scrap!

    hello all, i am about to make my first trip to a scrap yard so im just sorting through my copper collection, my mate says you should seperate into different bags i.e clean copper and mixed copper, is copper which has old paint on classed as clean or mixed? thanks all
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    fitting fireplace

    I am fitting the fire into the firplace myself and routing the pipe so that I can put the fireplace back together, but I am having a Corgi come to connect up the gas supply - I am very handy at the DIY, but wouldnt touch anything as specialised as actually trying to connect the gas - so there IS...
  16. J

    quick question

    hard to describe but here goes, my boss has just fitted a boiler room and now gone on holiday leaving me with a few little bits to do 1st there is an expansion vessel fitted but he hasn't run the pipe work for the pressure relief valve yet, so I am left with the 3 bar relief valve with a...
  17. J

    work clothing

    Just wondering what work pants you guys use? im sick of paying 60 pound for snickers, wondered if there where any other brands you guys recommend? winters coming so i guess the boiler suit will be coming out soon!
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    Gas leak

    Found my first gas leak on a job today, happy days..hopefully find more!
  19. J

    Borning post but take a look if you fancy

    I did a job for my boss today and after an afternoon talking away to the customers ( makes a change as i normally do work in schools in my own all day) i found out that my boss has been doing there plumbing work for years, at the end of the job they said they asked me for my number and now want...
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    Leaks

    After replacing all the rad valves in a hotel for TRV's we filled the system back up, it took a good 6 hours to fill the 200 plus rads, after 4 hours wandering around bleeding rads i heard shouting from a room, turns out one of my rad tails had dropped out from the valve because i obviously...

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