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    Hi - Advice on beginner plumbing course please

    Hi i'm new to the forum and am looking for some advice. I am 25 years old, work full time (shift work) and want a career change. I have been considering plumbing for a while now, and feel it would be a job for me.... However i have no experience in the field. I understand you cannot beat on...
    • cosworth*mad
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    • course plumbing screwfix
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    • Forum: Plumbing Courses
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    New plumbing probs

    We have just had some building work done inc a ensuite to our bedroom, the plumbing however i have no faith in whatsoever, In a earlier thread i put about how they had cut the sink waste into the stench pipe etc on a 8 ft plus run instead of out the wall, then after that i discovered they had...
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    plumbing course

    Hi there, have started a plumbing course, about 10 months ago, for a new career, been in the motor trade over 37 years, time to change i think, im sick of working on cars, hope to hear from you all sometime if i get stuck on some questions, buy for now.
    • plumberphil
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    • course plumbing screwfix
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Plumbing Courses
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    Jacking in plumbing for something new?

    Hi People You hear on here so often about people jacking in their present career for a fresh start and starting up as a plumber, I was just wondering whether there was anyone on here who has jacked in plumbing for something different, or maybe you trained and got qualified in plumbing but for...
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    redundancy - plumbing career?

    Hi Ive just found this forum and thought id ask for your comments. Basically ive just been made redundant at the age of 32. Due to the nature of my qualifications, any prospect of work is looking bleak especially in the current economic climate. All this has come as a total shock. As its starts...
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    Anyone had much experience with plumbing in Motorhomes?

    As above really i'm looking at a motorhome for a friend. He wants a kithcne sink, toilet and a shower. The motorhome is an old american one. Already has LPG storage tank so i'm going to stick a water heater in. Bit stuck on ideas when it comes to waste disposal. It has two holding tanks...
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    Future of Plumbing

    In another mail Brian was saying how lead work is the only skill element now left in Plumbing. I would agree to a certain extent. Copper pipe is easy enough to bend but still takes a bit of skill. Sheet copper has virtually become a niche market and lots of it seems to be done by machine now...
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    Plumbing, in your own house.

    Why is it the worst problems you get when plumbing is in your own house? 18 years as a plumber and i cant for the life of me work out why the new Grohe concealed cistern (on frame) with the new Utopia Quantum Square wall hung pan along with a brand new soil pipe wont flush the waste away. The...
    • GreenArmy
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    • house plumbing screwfix
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: UK Plumbers Forums
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    Have you studied plumbing at college

    Hi all id like to know who has been to college and done plumbing at whatever level and what there experiences were/are. i am starting in september and looking forward to geting my teeth into the course but just thought it would be interesting for feed back reagrding it. feel free
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    VIY Plumbing Training in Leeds Has gone bust!

    A friend of mine who lives in manchester just has had a lucky escape. he was due to pay VIY the full 4k plus for their NVQ 2 course starting in Sept, but I checked out th thread VIY this afternoon. They have gone bust. lucky or what! I am doing fine after training with another centre but things...
    • bobharper
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    • plumbing screwfix training
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: UK Plumbers Forums
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    how do i get into the plumbing industry

    hi all im 22 yrs old and a painter and decorator :confused: i need a change and like the idea of been a plumber due to the amount of diversity in the job and the big head scratching problems the job has to offer plz could you give me an idea of courses i need to do your views on the fastrack...
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    Silvr brazing in plumbing

    Hello, I work for an environmental consultancy currently based in the UK undertaking a study for the European Commission on cadmium in brazing (silver soldering). The Commission is cosidering imposing a restriction (effectively, a ban) and we are tasked with the asessment of the associated...
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    Plumbing Companys In London

    Could someone here post a few big names of the company's in London
    • Livinginlondon
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    • london plumbing screwfix
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: UK Plumbers Forums
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    Plumbing problem driving me mad!

    The problem i have is that when i turn on my mains tap on the kitchen sink it makes a very loud humming noise and squeaking upstairs on the toilet cold feed directly above the kitchen so i would imagine that the toilet cold feed is teed into the mains pipe coming into the building and also...
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    plumbing cources

    top of this page.on this site ad be working as a self employed plumber in 4 weeks,they have undercut reactfast 6 weeks,why cant they just say give us your money we will send qualifications in post.c@g ,bpec all these will not be worth paper they are printed on,that is if they are now
    • david williams
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    • plumbing screwfix
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    • Forum: UK Plumbers Forums
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    A sequal to Plumbing in France, C/H for the Pigs

    No not the 2 legged type, but the ones with cloven hooves, pigs are a big industry in the Department I live in (22) the Cotes D'Armor, and I have spent many an hour, in amongst pigs either doing the circuits for the heating, repairing them, or other work like running the plastic tubes for the...
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    Plumbing prices p/h

    Hi guys just a quick question, how much do you charge per hour. I live in london and charge £45 for the first hour then £30 there after, do you think this is right or should i charge £45 per hour full stop
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    Plumbing in France, part 1

    French Plumbing Sorry that this is over 4 postings, it was too much for one posting, so please bear with me There is not much difference between French and English plumbing at first glance, but when you have a closer look, its has different as chalk is to cheese For a start not many...
    • Plouasne
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    • part plumbing screwfix
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: UK Plumbers Forums
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    Plumbing from the other side of the Channel

    I'm a new member, first posting, but an old (very old) hand, started plumbing in '58, after the tech school (remember them), worked with some of the big boys, like Taylor Woodrow, Mathew Hall, etc, also worked for myself, before I saw the light, and upped sticks, and moved to France, best move I...
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    My simple but mind blowing plumbing problems.

    Hi to all Just registered on this site. (didn't know it existed) This is my first post. I'm wondering if anyone has had a problem that was driving them crazy but when sorted it was so easy. I was called to a terraced house in Huyton Village Merseyside. The house was a couple of hundred years...

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