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Breakdown of costs to become "oil" qualified & OFTEC registered Hi all,

Please can you advise on the above, estimates of costs would be fine.

I realise it depends on my competency / skill set & experience to a degree. I've no "oil" experience to speak off apart from a couple of boiler installs back in the 1980's! I'm classified as Category 2 in the "prerequisites for OFTEC assessments"

List of costs:

1. Specialist tools & equipment (recommendations of brands would be useful as well)...​

 

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Fixing the upright of a shower enclosure Fixing the upright of a shower enclosure

Is there anyway of getting a good fixing, where the upright of the shower enclosure meets the continuous edge of large vertical porcelain tiles? I'm concerned about the possible cracking of tiles with holes drilled so near to the edge, and also the possibility of leakage. Laying the tiles horizontally is going to be so bitty. I'm quite prepared to make a payment for anyone who can make a good workable...

 

Electrician Help with understanding NVQ Help with understanding NVQ

Hi.

Ive been training to be an electrician as a career change for the past 2 years obtaining my 2365 Lvl 2&3.

Ive recently been verbally offered a role as an Electrical Service Engineer and the company understand my current knowledge, experience etc.
They have offered to train me up, put me through my NVQ and progress with the company.

Whilst this is exciting, its also not the type of electrical work I had set...

 

Electrician Hello a regular member Hello a regular member

Loving your Forum for ages, but lately with all the ads I’m not a regular visitor.
I’ve actually got an “ad block” on my devices, & need it on.
Obviously I know all the reasoning behind the ads needed to keep this great site working.
Love to get back to viewing like I use to, & hoping I can maybe soon

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Electrician aldi tools not working aldi tools not working

i have a number of tools that have stopped working, usually aldi ones lol, on a sander, i have fault traced the problem with a multi meter to the circuit where the continuity ends, from using a magnifying glass, the problem seems to be a burned out 'diode' maybe, i think lol, not an electrican here, is there anything that can be done with these cheap circuit boards or should i just throw it out?

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Electrician Electrical shower problems Electrical shower problems

I have installed a new shower and when the dial is turned to economy the light on the shower comes on but no water flows through, have checked water pipes and the are not blocked, when the dial is turned to hot or cold the light on the shower goes off, the light on my old shower would flicker on then off when it was turned on

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I'm tidying up the forums a bit It's been a while since I've stepped back and took a look at the forums which are being used etc.

The Plumbers Arms and Gas forums are all now public, but you won't be able to post in them without meeting the usual criteria.

Private Forums detract posting from the normal forums which Google 'crawls' and then indexes. The more threads we have out of the eyes of Google the less chance we have of new members coming aboard.

I've made this change across the...

 

Hearted Sadie Slim underwing with vented tap, advice please?? Hi guys

Any of you folk have any experience fitting the above?

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Help Needed: Fixing My Damaged Tub with Devcon Metal Patch & Fill Hey everyone,

I have a pretty messed up tub that I need to fix, and I'm hoping to get some advice on how to do it. I've attached pictures of the damage and the Devcon Metal Patch & Fill (Charcoal Gray) that I plan to use for the repair.

Has anyone used this product before? If so, could you guide me through the process or share any tips for the best results? Any advice on surface preparation, application, and curing would be...

 

Tree roots near oil tanks I have a large oil tank spaced 1m from the garden fence. It sits on a concrete slab that extends about 0.5m from the tank on all sides. The top of the tank protrudes over the top of the fence, so my neighbour decided to cover the sight of the tank by planting five leylandii trees about 2ft from the fence, so trunk of trees will be just under about 2m from the tank and just over 1m from the edge of the concrete slab

I don't know how deep the slab is but I would...

 

Cold water flowing back into hot feed. Hi, I'd be grateful for some advice please. Every 12- 18 months I have a problem with cold water flowing back into the hot water feed through a shower mixer cartridge, causing all hot water feeds to run tepid or cold. Replacing the mixer cartridge fixes the problem, but only for a while.

Would a better solution be to have a water pressure regulator installed to reduce the pressure of the mains cold water? Are there any negative aspects to having a...

 

SVP (grey water) gases leaking out - What do you see (pics)? Hi all,

I would really appreciate your eyes on these pictures - What do you see ?
Does anything look strange about the Rockwool insulation to you?

I suspect that my long ongoing rotting veg/sewage smell is caused by a fault in this connection that has been hidden from previous inspections behind a layer of clean yellow Rockwool (see pic).

The connection is in a very awkward place to get to, behind kitchen cabinets, which...

 

Replace a water tap Hello,
I have to replace the kitchen's water tap. I am attaching images (*.img) of the under sink existing pipe connections where some welding and corrosion seem in place. The water tap my wife has already bought has different hose pipes, see please attached housepipe image. Any advice on how to place the new water tap with all the under sink pipes connection? Thank you

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Shower mixer knob won’t reattach I bought this shower mixer unit from Victoria Plumb some years ago, & one of the handles has come off & I cannot manage to re-fit it to the mixer unit arm (see photos).

It was in place for a long time but somehow came off recently but no matter how much pressure I apply to try to push it back on, it won’t stick. I don’t want to push it any harder as I fear I’ll damage the (Mermaid) panels behind it. I am
presuming (perhaps incorrectly?) that it was...

 

External manhole odour I have a square cast iron manhole cover in my garden that does not block the smell of toilets. It measures 655 x655 millimetres with a gap of between 5 and 6 millimetres all around between base and cover. The waterboard claim there is nothing they can do!! Is there anything I can use to make it airtight but also to be able to open it for inspection or repair? Apparently, the manufacturer of EVERBUILD THERMOFOAM AIRTIGHT ACOUSTIC EXPANDING FOAM EVTHERM7 that I...

 

Boiler filling loop Hi, is there anywhere you can just buy a boiler filling loop, ie without the shut off valves on the loop, already have all the connections fitted below my boiler.

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Integrated dishwasher Hello,

I’ve just bought my first home so am learning along the way! I’d like to get a slimeline integrated dishwasher placed in place of the cupboard pictured (I’ve found one that should fit!). I can’t find a freestanding dishwasher that’s less than 600mm deep and I need 550mm.

It’s next to the sink, and the washing machine is the other side of the sink with one cupboard in between (in the left of the picture). But at the moment there’s no plumbing in that cupboard...

 

Bathroom first/second fix plumbing costs Hi all,

I just got a quote for bathroom and WC plumbing LABOUR only first and second fix £3850 for the following:

Bathroom:

• Single ended (freestanding style) bath with wall mounted 3TH taps
• Thermostatic exposed shower valves
• Pedestal basin with 3TH taps
• Toilet with concealed cistern top access
• Radiator
• New soil pipe to join existing soil stack outside (2.5m long extension)

WC:
Small vanity unit basin with 1TH
Standard...

 

Have my water pipes been plumbed the wrong way? Good morning,

I recently had an extension, new bathroom and new en-suite fitted. Prior to the works the hot water worked.

Now we have moved back we have no hot water. British gas came for 5 hours on saturday and replaced every single part of the boiler to do with the hot water as well as the heat pump. After not knowing what else it could be, the engineer was able to manually ‘trick the boiler’ and turn the hot water on at the boiler - you...

 

Electric pipe bender Hi All,

Has anyone got or used one of those new fangled electric pipe benders?

Something like the Rotherberg Robend or something yellow from REMS?

Many thanks!

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Gorgeous and pricey but... could they supercede my Knipex vice grips? As Madonna used to say, please justify my love...


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Wera JOKER 6004 3 Piece Self-Setting Adjustable Spanner Set S, L & XXL (10-32mm) ​

Many users wish to...

 

Advice needed - questions before getting new bathroom fitted Hi all, hope this is okay to post.

Just over a year ago, I took on my dad's old house, and I want to get the bathroom done up. His ex-wife convinved him to fit a shower cubicle and get rid of the bath, and whoever she got in to do it seemed to be a bit of a cowboy, so it has to go. But I digress...

There's a waste pipe in the corner of the room, which runs all the way down to & through the kitchen. It goes all the way up to the...

 

Replace central heating gate valve with 2-port valve My house has a separate central heating loop that heats an annex. The annex loop has 3 x radiators (all with TRV), pump (manually switched) and a gate valve. The gate valve is very awkwardly sited, and difficult to operate, so I am wondering whether it is a good idea to replace this with 2-port zoning valve that is controlled by the pump switch. So pump off = port vv shut, and pump on = port vv open.

Any thoughts gratefully received...

 

How well does bunging the cold feed and Open vent work Have a radiator to swap. I'm thinking of piping back to the current supplies. The rad is slightly smaller. The connecting on the the old pipes at the end one by one. Would using bungs in the open vent a cold feed create enough of a vacuum for me to do this? Which a drain down. Thanks

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Waste pipes into hopper Hi,

My property's soil stack has a single entry for the toilet waste. Then a separate hopper and downpipe which drains into a gulley to collect waste water from the basin, shower and bath. Photo attached for reference.

I'm in the process of lowering the waste pipes and wondered whether I could combine the pipes going into the hopper so that only one pipe comes out the wall. Could I tee into the bath waste pipe (50mm) with the shower (40mm) and basin (32mm). I know...

 

Central heating system cleaning Hi all, I have added a bottle of Fernox F3 into my towel radiator upstairs, I have run the heating for a good few days now.
I have bleed off points downstairs I can attach a hosepipe to drain the system.
Question when all the water has drained out can I leave the hosepipe on and fill the system so the water flows through the system and remove any left over crap out of the hosepipe, and then when I see water running clear remove hosepipe, and then fill up the...

 

Connecting bath drainage to soil pipe Hi all,

I need to connect my bath drainage to my new soil pipe. I have only one spare entry to boss into the pipe at the very bottom (see photo). As the inital entry out the wall will be on a gradient I was wondering if there was a combination of elbows I can utilise to get a 90 degree vertical drop down to the entry point? As I'm using 50mm pipe I'm not sure I can fashion something on an angle, similar to boiler condensate pipe the other side.

Or...

 

Spain v England 2024! Good luck lads! Who's watching the game and where are you?

I tried 2 places and they were rammed so me and my daughter came home.

Hope we get this one!! We're owed a couple IMO

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