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    SANIFLO discharge query

    Hi guys question about saniflos 💩 I'm working at a property that the entire place was fed off a sani, that's packed up, blocked the line entirely and they've urgently had to get me to replace and make some changes, initially I was going to install a sanivite for the kitchen sink separately...
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    Gully patio'd over in use

    Hi guys not sure anyone has encountered this before but I have a job where the inside wall has been getting a little damp, there was a step up to the door that I think wasn't helping due to dpc but that was removed to take a closer look and it revealed 2 waste water pipes going into the patio...
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    Flats bathrooms fed by tank?

    Hi guys I did a job today in a block of flats, fairly old place, plumbing was all a bit ropey in this particular flat. The job was to change an electric shower over, I changed it, didn't work.. noticed the water pressure was a bit pants.. I could stop it with my finger on the basin.. thought...
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    Programmer fault/wireless stat wiring?

    Hi guys, I have a fault on a clients heating system whereby the heating will stay on regardless of what the programmer is doing on its timed function, it'll switch off at the programmer (no light) but boiler will stay on until they turn the stat down, I went and looked at it, they said they...
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    Pricing + acceptable rates and mark up

    Hey guys, recently had a bit of a dispute over a quote asking me to break it down etc saying they can buy this from X for Y.. how much is labour/materials.. shockingly it was from friends so it's taken its toll on me mentally if I'm honest.. I'm don't think I'm outrageously pricey but I do a...
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    Glowworm Compact 24c combi

    hey guys, I have an issue with a combi, its brand new (4 months or so) and it will not stay fired up for heating, when I originally went the boiler had no thermostat so I fitted a stat thinking it would sort it, yet it calls for heat, warms up to required flow temp and return warms up and then...
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    Aqualisa shower

    Anyone know anything about these? I spoke with guy online and he said it's a commercial mixer that aqualisa don't sell anymore and recommended a bristan alternative at an eye watering 490£. The commercial aqualisa shower mixer was feeding a 28mm rail that has about 8 lever valves that have...
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    PIPE FREEZER

    Looking to get one of these for a while and just got a job that's perfect for it to save me a fat drain down on a very old property, which one do you guys who use them rate, this place has 28mm return so ideally something suitable for that. Cheers.
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    UFH wiring

    Hi guys can someone explain to me how the wiring of UFH with the use of actuators is wired into an S plan please? its a 3 zone valve set up, Rads upstairs, HW, UFH downstairs. I'm okay with s plan wiring on a simple 2 channel etc but first time doing UFH with actuators and separate room stats. I...
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    Pump Sizing

    Hey guys long time since I have posted here but know some of you know your salt. I've got a job in a townhouse and currently the boiler sits on the second floor of a three story but I'm moving it to the ground floor as per client request, problem is, its got ridiculously high ceilings, I'm going...
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    Bathroom hot water hot/cold

    I have a job on a house where the shower cartridge is faulty (seized solid) however the basins and bath/shower filler in all 3 bathrooms are putting out hot water which goes cold then warm back to cold, the kitchen tap downstairs runs nice and hot and they have an outhouse close to the kitchen...
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    Becoming oftec registered?

    How does one become oftec registered? Is it like gas safe whereby you have to complete a portfolio and find someone willing to show you the ropes yadda yadda or do you just sit the courses (of which there a few) and then you can go out and start servicing etc alone, I know there are annual...

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