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What we all working on this week ?

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I have a insurance job to try and rescue a poorly installed quad shower the customer wants to save the tiling if possible and has a few spare so fingers crossed it may work , the loss adjuster allowed em £1500 that will just about cover materials. Kop
 

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Get yourself into Mr Wok down by the marina, all you can eat chinese buffet, very nice. We always end up in there on our golfing trips.
Had a wander last night bit of shopping Mrs not keen on Chinese so hotel grub it was but was a good spread if you like seafood
Kop
 

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Had a wander last night bit of shopping Mrs not keen on Chinese so hotel grub it was but was a good spread if you like seafood
Kop

Had some cracking nights in there. We stayed in Fuengirola, but one of the lads was thinking of moving out there after he retired from the police. We did a lot of touring about after golf. He was keen on Nerja. Some really lovely spots down there.
 
Had some cracking nights in there. We stayed in Fuengirola, but one of the lads was thinking of moving out there after he retired from the police. We did a lot of touring about after golf. He was keen on Nerja. Some really lovely spots down there.
I wasn't that impressed with Belamadena and the harbour area beaches aren't that nice we have a good hotel with 4 pool areas foods good , great to visit and holiday here but live nah ! Last bit of sun today then fly home am tomorrow. 😉👍 Kop
 
I wasn't that impressed with Belamadena and the harbour area beaches aren't that nice we have a good hotel with 4 pool areas foods good , great to visit and holiday here but live nah ! Last bit of sun today then fly home am tomorrow. 😉👍 Kop

That's gone over quick.

Ours has pushed out to September, cant wait. Had to have a couple of days off, bursitis, can hardly walk.

Safe trip home. People 👍👍
 
Started this one this week

Toilet moved over 5” eg left to give you more space due to 800 tray this also allowed us to lower the tray 5” due to existing drainage being above ground now it’s under the suspended floor

Re adjusted hot and cold under the floor due to bath being / hiding the main runs as they normally do

Moved towel rail over 11/2”

Re did the block wall (existing plaster was blown anyway) to match new tray
 

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Mostly been on safety checks this week, but just had this beaut on call. Boiler 6 months old, but being Friday Vaillant wouldn’t attend until following week earliest. Engineer before me said he replaced the main pcb, said it must be display pcb as definitely power to main pcb. Bear in mind, boiler has worked fine for 6 months, only went off today, no other work carried out in property.

See if you work out the fault before I divulge 😉
 

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No neutral to the boiler ?
Yes, spot on (ok probably easy for a seasoned engineer like yourself and the photo evidence 😂.)

So, possibly another easy one, how did it work ok for 6 months, with no other work carried out? I could also get it to work today 😉
 
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Ok, so basically, the installer assumed blue wire was neutral, L - N was approx 10Vac, N - E was approx 248VAc, L - E was approx 248Vac, so originally I assumed reversed polarity.

What was actually happening was blue wire in spur was switched Live, so boiler would only work with the old room stat that was left connected.

The stat was obviously left in a position where the boiler would operate, and was either turned by customer (said it hasn’t been touched), or it wouldn’t work, as temperature was high today.

Proud of my findings today though.
 
Ok, so basically, the installer assumed blue wire was neutral, L - N was approx 10Vac, N - E was approx 248VAc, L - E was approx 248Vac, so originally I assumed reversed polarity.

What was actually happening was blue wire in spur was switched Live, so boiler would only work with the old room stat that was left connected.

The stat was obviously left in a position where the boiler would operate, and was either turned by customer (said it hasn’t been touched), or it wouldn’t work, as temperature was high today.
Nice one mate that's more like it .
 
Week before last and this week (I was off for a week in between) I’ve been installing “smart” products. Some thermostats that can give feedback for humidity levels etc, and some boiler monitoring devices. Also done a big fookup moment too (I will post on another thread).
 
Is that a transportable caravan?

ie: One you tow behind a vehicle for holidays and adventures?

Reason I'm asking is because we have bans on using press fit fittings in caravans.
We can't use them at all in Caravans.

Something to do with constant vibration when traveling, press fit fittings can become loose and leak.
 
Is that a transportable caravan?

ie: One you tow behind a vehicle for holidays and adventures?

Reason I'm asking is because we have bans on using press fit fittings in caravans.
We can't use them at all in Caravans.

Something to do with constant vibration when traveling, press fit fittings can become loose and leak.
It’s a static caravan / residential park home. It’s unlikely to ever move.
 
Not much to post on the work front , I've been on a trip to Porto in Portugal for my 60th birthday my wife surprised me on Thursday last week and we flew out Saturday for 4 days, had a great time and was throughly spoilt , we got alot done and saw alot the Douro valley was breathtaking and well worth the effort how they sculpted the valley to produce the vines was amazing the architecture in the city was breathtaking had some really good food and wine and family time .
Only damper was I had a positive COVID test when I got home not felt 100% during the trip but been so busy didn't worry about as was out in the fresh air each day , now resting up I did a bit of work Friday in a empty house but nothing over the weekend. Regards kop
 

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Not much to post on the work front , I've been on a trip to Porto in Portugal for my 60th birthday my wife surprised me on Thursday last week and we flew out Saturday for 4 days, had a great time and was throughly spoilt , we got alot done and saw alot the Douro valley was breathtaking and well worth the effort how they sculpted the valley to produce the vines was amazing the architecture in the city was breathtaking had some really good food and wine and family time .
Only damper was I had a positive COVID test when I got home not felt 100% during the trip but been so busy didn't worry about as was out in the fresh air each day , now resting up I did a bit of work Friday in a empty house but nothing over the weekend. Regards kop
Looks like a cracking trip.

Take it easy.
 

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