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PT: Mystery catastrophic combi boiler leak Hello, The other week was below freezing weather, so I put the heating on my combi boiler. The timer was set to come on 15min per hour overnight. In the morning, I went into the kitchen to find the boiler was dead, about 3 to 5 litres of water on the...
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PT: Mitras semi buried gas meter box - welded meter outlet fitting Hello, I went to a job recently that had a smart meter in a mitras semi buried gas meter box. See pic attached. The meter outlet fitting is a factory made welded fitting that allows the meter outlet to line up with the outlet...
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PT: Swapping concealed shower Is it possible to swap a concealed shower without removing tiles if can get a similar model. PlumbersTalk: Swapping concealed shower to Continue reading... PlumbersTalk.net for the latest in plumbing news, jobs, advice and more.
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PT: Viessman Vitodens 100-W weather compensation Good evening, I have a Vitodens 100-W (Type B1HC, B1KC) boiler and I'm considering adding a weather compensation control. I'd appreciate any insights on the pros & cons. We spend around £1,200 a year on gas, Viessmann reckons you can save up...
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PT: What does this debris look like to you? We've recently done a power flush on a system that's already been power flushed twice within the last 5 years. System boiler with an unvented HW cylinder and 3x UFH manifolds. Quite a large house. Strainers installed before each manifold - fully...
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PT: Vertical radiator not heating up Hi all. Could someone help with a issue I have been having with my vertical radiator. I have one vertical radiator in my bungalow and it does not heat up unless the surrounding radiators are shut off. I have tried turning the surrounding radiators down but...
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PT: blisters on flush valve seal Had a leaking flush valve in the cable operated Fluidmaster drop dual flush valve in the toilet cistern that initially turned out to be some limescale debris stuck between the flush valve (drop valve?) and its seat..... After removing the unit and cleaning it...
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PT: POC in flue integrity Windy day, wind blowing directly at a fan assisted horizontal flue. During a flue integrity test O2 is 19% 10ppm of CO The very next day without the wind the flue integrity is fine. This is the first time I've ever had this but I would guess its a common issue...
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PT: Have members moved away from the forum?? Hi guys What’s happened to this forum? Have most people moved on, seems very quiet these days. PlumbersTalk: Have members moved away from the forum?? to Continue reading... PlumbersTalk.net for the latest in plumbing news, jobs, advice and more.
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PT: Where's Leaky? Wetness, swelling and white streaks! Combination tank on a raised shelf in a 2 door cupboard. Top cupboard door is jammed shut as it has 'swelled up'. Some evidence of 'wetness' but hard to say where it is coming from but...the ceiling above the cupboard, outside of the...
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PT: Siting of over sink heaters? Hi all I’m fitting a couple of these handy heaters over 2 basins side by side but I’m wondering which side to site them? It’s got to be over the basin due to the little blow off on them. I’m thinking if I put them to the left it avoids sitting over the cold taps...
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PT: Washing Machine Waste Water flowing into the Dishwasher My dishwasher (on the left) and washing machine (on the right) are positioned next to one another – see pic A After repeated washing machine cycles over time waste water from the washing machine builds up in the basin of the...
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PT: url indexing tools Handicap your site's robots.txt and meta tags. Poor-choice Backlinks =ddad= PlumbersTalk: url indexing tools to Continue reading... PlumbersTalk.net for the latest in plumbing news, jobs, advice and more.
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PT: New ceramic tap gland is stiff Hi, fitted some new ceramic 1/4 turn tap glands as the hot one was leaking but the cold tap now feels stiff and jerky, the hot one is fine nice and smooth but the cold one isn’t, it’s fine when it’s out of the tap you can turn it easily but once fitted in the...
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PT: Toilet blocks/pod install advice? Hi folks Do many of you do the type of work above? I wanted some advice on plumbing up a small bank of toilets that will also pick up 3 basins with oversink heaters? I’m clearly over thinking this as usual but I thought ask. Cheers PlumbersTalk: Toilet...
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