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    Toilet seat problem!! HELP!!

    I need help! :confused: I have bought a new toilet seat to replace a 31 yr old one! The toilet bolt holes are 7.5 inch apart (centre to centre) and the new seat has a hinge with holes much closer togther rendering it useless. :( I have 3 options: 1. Buy new seat (I've been looking online for...
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    Combi Boiler DHW only when CH on - help!

    Hi all, first post - hope you can help. The Boiler:- SIME format 100C The problem. No DHW when you turn the hot tap on whilst the CH is off. DHW available in abundance whilst the CH is on (Burner firing). Observations. Microswitch can be heard clicking when the hot water tap is opened and...
    • haggettd
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    • boiler combi combi boiler help screwfix
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Boiler Advice Forum
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    what pipes to fit for shower - need help quckly

    hi guys /girls need advice on what shower to fit cannot be electric as we already have one en-suite and screws up building regs..Problem is an unbalanced water feed system.got a coldwater gravity fed hot water tank and a coldwater feed from a borehole high press. direct to shower head what can i...
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    Pop-up sink plug - help needed!

    Hello all. I'm new to this forum and wonder if someone can help me with a pop-up plug problem. I had a new bathroom fitted last year (by a very shoddy company, it has to be said) and the bathroom sink has a pop-up plug. I think that is the right term for it...you pull a lever on the back of...
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    Help with VRT360F problem

    We have a Vaillant combi boiler with a VRT360F wireless programmable room thermostat. The boiler is a year old. I moved the thermostat from the living room to the upstairs hallway on Wednesday. Everything was fine until Friday afternoon when the hot water & radiators went off. The thermostat...
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    Problem with heating sytem - help please

    Hi All. I'm a newbie on this site so if I make stupid statements born out of ignorance please bear with me, I'm not a plumber but an enthusiastic amateur and DIYer. My CH system is approx 28 years old and consists of an Ideal Mexico Super(RS40) with initially 7 radiators(fitted with Sopac...
    • chrysagon
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    • heating help screwfix
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: UK Plumbers Forums
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    Help please

    Hi all, got a little problem with a job im on. drained down central heating to replace 4 rad valves (combi boiler). filled system back up but no heating comes to the rads downstairs, upstairs is fine, ive tryied everything i.e shutting all rads but 1 to try remove air, when i do this the rad...
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    Could somebody help me please ? Water pressure with shower attachment problem

    Hi, Please excuse my ignorance and barefaced cheek coming on here, Im not a plumber but I have a problem with some plumbing work thats being done and Im not sure if Im being fobbed off. Ive had a new bathroom installed and prior to this had two seperate bath taps that had quite good water...
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    C & G 6128 to nvq2 help?

    Hey, I recently started a course with newcareerskills and was had some confusion and just realised i will need to take another course to be recognised as any sort of decent tradesman. with successful completion of the course i will pass with city and guilds 6128, level 2 heating and ventilation...
    • thedude110790
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    • help screwfix
    • Replies: 23
    • Forum: Plumbing Courses
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    Revision help for level 3?

    Whilst revising for level 2, I had the JTL disc and learnatrade disc. Both I found helpful for testing myself after hours of reading/making notes etc. I have cold water including water regs (level 3) coming up soon, and was wondering if there are any trial questions/discs that are geared to...
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    Fitting Sphynx toilet with siamp syphon -help!

    I'm having a nightmare installation the above. The toilet has a plastic cistern tank that has a ceramic cover. I can't work out how to get the push button fitted when the ceramic cover is in place. I have the toilet working but without the cover, I thought it would be a simple case of...
    • johno68
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    • fitting help screwfix toilet
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Boiler Advice Forum
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    Help Help Help

    Once a motorised valve has powered up and moved the valve from hot water to central heating should the motor stop running and lock in position bare in mind the spring tension against it, or should it carry on running to keep the spring tension valve in the correct postition. Why would power stay...
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    motorised valves help

    Once a motorised valve has powered up and moved the valve from hot water to central heating should the motor stop running and lock in position bare in mind the spring tension against it, or should it carry on running to keep the spring tension valve in the correct postition. Any help would be...
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    so much differing information, help!

    Hi, I am 31 and about to be made redundant, I have been told that I can get a grant for retraining and was thinking of using it to kick start a new career in plumbing with one of these fast track courses, I know it will not make me a fully qualified plumber but will give me the basic knowledge...
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    Help & Advice - Vent position

    Hi all, this site has helped me out many times, i've tried a search but getting nothing specific to this question. Just moved into a 1970's property, which is still in the 1970's!! after failing to successfully balance the radiators I thought I had better investigate the system to see where...
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    please help

    i have a problem that is the opposit to a lot of other people. after leaving school i went to work with my uncle for about 8 or 9 years. anyway cut a long story short, in my second year of working with him he got ill with the big c. and left him disabeld however being the old git he is he...
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    poor circulation - please help

    I've just fitted a new worcester 24i Junior in a small flat (only 5 radiators). The radiators are on 8mm microbore but don't know if they are individually connected to the flow and return or via a manifold. The boiler is apparently working fine - pressure is stable, hot water fine. In C/H mode...
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    insufficient water circulation ... help!

    Hello all, I am new here, but hopefully some nice plumbing gent will lend his brain for me :D... as I am desperate yet again (after having spent £100's this month with a plumber!). According to my user's manual, there is insufficient water circulation, and this is true as the pressure gauge is...
    • alexandra
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    • help screwfix water
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Bathroom Advice
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    Help - heated towel rail issue

    Please could someone help me? I have had a heated towel rail fitted in my bathroom for 15 months. It is a flat within a 1930's block so the towel rail has been fitted within the set up of the building and is part of the hot water system - in other words, hot water flows through it...
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    Need help getting valve out of radiator please.

    I am currently attempting to replace a radiator at my girlfriends house, the problem i am having however is the radiator she has got is a used one with the valves still fitted. Problem is the lockshield in on the bottom left whilst the other valve is in the top right. I need them both at the...
    • iamzod
    • Thread
    • help radiator screwfix valve
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: UK Plumbers Forums

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