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Good grief.......again....... When the chap who does the decorating at my house turns up, he has a quick glance around the room, and then says, right, that's 30 litres of emulsion plus ten for the ceiling and gets cracking......... Why.........because he's done it for donkeys years, knows what he's ...

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Assuming that the valve is compression.......it would seem that the olive is not being compressed onto the pipe enough. If the valve is in a difficult position to work on, then use a spare compession fitting to tighten and compress the olive onto the pipe before transfering the pipe to the the valve.

jondeau

Very tricky........and I can't blame your installer for going for the full liner option. The trouble with logs is, that they deposit large amounts of tar and resin on the inside of the flue. This of course increases the chance of a chimney fire occuring. Personally I would line it, but do make sure ...

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Good grief !

jondeau

I am not your old fruit.

I am a fully apprentice trained gas fitter with forty years experience in this field.

We are talking about a domestic installation here, and I can assure you it will be fine.

JD.......Those who can, do,.......those who can't preach.

jondeau

The gas company do not own the meter housing (they do own the meter) you do.

So you can paint it any colour you like.

jondeau

Seems very odd that water could get into the control box........but if it has it is very likely that it will have ruined it. Personally I would dry out the burner (hair dryer is good for this) and try and light the thing again. When you tried to light the thing before, it must have gone into the ign...

jondeau

I thought you would.......'cos it niggles away at the back of the mind and you can never rest easy...........

Best of luck, JD.

jondeau

Yes that will be fine.

...........unless of course you have a boiler with an output of more than 200,000 Btu/hr (60+ Kw/hr)........

jondeau

You need to get at the gland nut which may be exposed or may be under a shroud depending on what sort of tap you have. The gland nut fits around the tap spindle where the spindle enters the tap body. Undo the gland nut (there is no need to turn off the water in most cases) and slide it up the spindl...

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Well...........hmmmm...... It's not normal to have a puddle under a soldered joint, so it really depends how big it was and whether it might have been just a bit of condensation..... Sometimes there can be a microscopic crack through the solder or even the fitting itself which is rapidly sealed by a...

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That is a lot of water........... There is no easy way to find leaks, and I do think you need someone with experience to track this leak down. An experienced plumber will be able to find it far more easily than you. With that amount of water under your floorboards it will not be long before the ceil...

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Toddle down to the plumbers merchants and ask for a couple of 'Tap Hole Stoppers'........(chrome plated thin discs that bolt through the tapholes)

jondeau

There is a gas heater that can vent down through the floor...it is made for caravans and camper vans, it is a foreign make and has no approval from recognised bodies in this country. There is no way that this type of heater is suitable for you. Forget it. To install a gas fire in a Park Home is not ...

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For your information Greengrass. The Grunfos selectric UPS 15-50 is a domestic circulator designed only to circulate water within a heating system. There is no way that this pump would push hot water to your bathroom. To move domestic water bronze pumps are used, and the Grunfos UPS 15-50 is certain...

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