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I'm looking for opinions about the best vans for plumbers out there on the market today. If you could let me know which make / model engine etc you feel is good and why, maybe this thread could become useful to others out there. I'd like my van to be big enough to carry around tools, spares...

Hi I was thinking about getting myself a digital manometer and wondered which people recommend, if any? I Was looking at' 608 Single Input Digital Manometer '. I can see prices varying from 59 to 259, single nipple( input ) and double nipple? Accuracy to 1 point and 2 points. I have a water...

need to do a positive pressure test using a gas anaylizer. what type of gas appliance is best to do this test on, my mentor is leaving it up to me to sort out as part of my training, so i thought i would ask the forum> thanks:confused:

if you have 1 appliance ie glowworm ultimate 50ff supplied from meter done in 15mm pipe supplying only 1 appliance. no other appliances on meter, checked operating pressure at gas valve, 17.45 mb , dont want to check pipe before valve as all pipework is buried, and would make sh**te of the...

I was wondering if you can help me with the design of my heating system that I am upgrading. I plan to buy a Viessmann Vitodens 200w system 26 Kw (WB2C). Ideally I want to plumb the radiator flow and return to a System Zone 4 manifold, as I have very poor circulation down stairs compared to...

hi guys, after working as a plumber for the past 5 years, i decided i needed to become GSR. i have been working with a GSE for the last 12 months with the company i work for and Im in the process of completing my portfolio so i can take my exams to become GSR. anyway, when i finally do become...

Hi all, Just wondered how many people knew about performing an 'ambient air assessment'. I came across this with my engineer today, never heard anything about this in college. We had readings of between 80 and 150ppm every min, appliance was ID.

Hi Guys n Gals, I saw a floorstanding radiant fire today (with my engineer), the fires only means of support was obviously its legs, the gas pipe and the spigot thru the closure plate. There was, and has never been any screws securing it to the tiled wall since it was installed ( must be 15-20...

Hi guys, Another of my strange questions here,, Do you ever get in front of an appliance,say a fire, and think how the blo--y hell does this come apart. Every time my engineer places a job on me, I sit there feeling very silly, sitting in front of a fire I have never seen, engineer watching...

Asked to go back to customer to service a fire next week. It's a robinson Willey Firecharm. Thought i'd look up for the instruction manual as they don't have one. Can only find instructions for Firecharm LPG on the internet and have a cd with 2600 manuals on at home and the only manual on there...

Hi I've installed about five hundred or so Baxi 105e and he boilers over the last ten years and I have a constant turnover on parts so I keep a couple of everything that's likely to need replacing in my van - usual stuff, pcb's, aps's, sensors, diaphragm kits, etc. Just wondering if any trade...

Saw this post on another forum and thought i would ask the same.. I am getting some fittings together and have got to meter capping. I am using BES catalogue, which parts do I need in order to satisfy any eventuality, ie, removing meter whilst performing work, removing meter then discing it...

Hi all, I was recentley made redundant and have set up on my own, I have been offered an induction at british gas to sub to them. I have a few questions really; 1, what is the test like which they make you sit 2, what are they like to sub to in general, i have been offered 20 pound per...

i am a newly qualified engineer and have an inspection this fri the insp has called me and because i have no work to show him he wants me to do a mock l/lord cert. the boiler i will use is a potterton prima 50f 20 yrs oldish good nick if i do the visual inspection, gas rates burner pressure, is...

been to look at a gas pipe job today and the boiler will be 9m away from the meter and there is a fire and a hob .so when calculating the gas pipe the boiler lenght with elbows etc equals a lenght of 15m and there are 3 sections of pipe so the 15m must be multiplied by3 to give a max 1/4...

Intermittent fault. Pilot lights OK but main burner doesn't always light. If I isolate the electrical supply after the fault occurs and leave for a while, then re-connect, the boiler works fine for a week or so and then the fault occurs again. Fan works fine so I'm thinking maybe air pressure...

boiler goes through the motions lights up and goes out straight away,red light flashes constantly,i tried to run the hot water in this state and absolutley nothing happened,has anyone any ideas and what does red flashing light mean in manufactors instuctions,and were can i get a copy of...

Hi guys just a general thought - Been reading if your house is protected by an RCD you don't need earth bonding. Now I have read that your whole house shouldn't be fully protected as you could be left without power if a fault occurs say in the sockets but you wouldn't have lighting zilch so...

From time to time I get a 'drain' smell from my kitchen sink (1 and a half bowl) when the washing machine is running. It seems that when the washing machine is discharging vacuum occurs and sucks all the water out of the kitchen trap. When we run water into the sink to reseal the trap the smell...