Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
How To Locate Flow and Return Pipes
The Basics:
Over the years one of the more frequent questions that homeowners ask me is how to locate which of their radiator pipes is the flow pipe and which is the return pipe. The question usually revolves around the need to install TVRs (Thermostatic ...
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Saturday, May 10th, 2008
What’s required to replace your old combination boiler? A lot of work goes into replacing an old cast iron boiler with a modern A-rated appliance. Though most boiler swaps can be accommodated in a day or two an entire heating system can take up to a week. It depends on ...
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Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
'Can you issue me with a safety certificate' or the more common phrase 'can you commission my boiler' is the start of a conversation that in destined to go nowhere with our company. The reason is simple. If the conversation starts with either of those two phrases I know ...
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Monday, April 14th, 2008
We recently placed an ad for builders mate (a helper for one of our operatives). The job would entail helping the maintenance engineer with day-to-day work in and around the Greater Manchester Area. We were not necessarily looking for any qualifications and hoped that we might get lucky and find ...
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Thursday, January 10th, 2008
We see more and more of these types of jobs as more and more people are convinced by more and more advertisers that they can create a kitchen the size of Taj Mahal out of a 3 x 3 metre room. Unfortunately for the homeowner we are always the one ...
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Friday, January 4th, 2008
With a background in IT, construction, electronics as well as home heating, gas engineering and plumbing I have a good idea of how a house should piece together and how to make it all work properly.
Over the years I worked my way into project management where I was very successful ...
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Friday, November 30th, 2007
I receive a lot of questions relating to cooker installations. Most people don't realise that any gas appliance, including cookers and hobs require a permit from your local authority in order to install them legally. The installation should be given the same care and attention as a boiler or ...
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