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    Gas and Heating Engineers - Looking for Your Help on Improving Job Requests!

    Hey all, I’m working on a small project aimed at giving tradespeople clearer, more detailed job requests—so you can quickly see if a job’s right for you. To make this actually useful, I’d love to get your thoughts on what info you want to see upfront. I’d love to get any feedback about: What...
  2. R

    Gas hob distance to window

    Hi I'm looking at layout options for a kitchen remodel at home and I'm stuck trying to find definite rules about positioning of a gas hob relative to a window. I've seen various suggestions of 300-500mm but all a bit vague and nothing referencing a specific reg. I've gone as far as reading BR AD...
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    Gas Pipe Routing

    I'm looking to move an internal wall, as part of a much larger home reno. project, but this wall has got a gas line surface mounted to it. I'm looking to do the studwork prior to getting the gas line moved, but regulations surrounding gas lines seem quite secretive... can the line be in the...
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    Open gas fire ventilation

    Hi hoping for some help. We’ve inherited a feature fire with an open gas unit. It’s a Royal CozyFire 16” Inset Taper. We’ve found an old vent to outside the house which was blocked up with junk. I’ve had a few gas guys turn up with different opinions as the unit is under 7kw I don’t need a...
  5. Dave777

    1" straight male to male hex brass fitting imperial?

    I have taken a boiler out of a Rayburn and need renew the fitting. It has a straight male to male threaded fitting where a 28mm brass compression fitting will screw onto it. It seems though that the thread on the fitting coming from the boiler is possible an imperial one which might explain why...
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    Concrete Over Gas Connection under Kitchen?

    Hi, We're starting phase 2 of a refurb using different builders and have a gas pipe with connection - yellow pipe from main that transitions to copper tube - that the new builders plan to concrete over in what will be the kitchen. They mentioned putting a membrane over it. I remember the...
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    Clueless and looking for advice on boiler & gas system

    I recently purchased a property and have zero idea on how the gas/boiler system works (photos attached). Hoping for someone with more expertise to give some advice as I've no one else to ask. Boiler with valve & switch: Boiler brand on top: Pipe with meter & valve directly below boiler...
  8. T

    Should I cover this earth bonding wire?

    I’m working on a place at the moment, it’s getting a full refurb and has had a new consumer unit installed with 30mA RCD Wylex/Crabtree installed. however there is also an earth wire connected to the gas meter which sits at the side of the property. The gas pipe coming from the meter is not...
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    Gas or Water Pipe?

    Hi all, First time post so please be gentle. Trying to ascertain if damp wall in our kitchen is being causes by rising damp or by a seeping pipe. The pipe in the image attached disappears off under our solid kitchen floor (back addition of a 1890's Victorian terrace). The other end disappears...
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    What do you think of this price for fitting gas-fired central heating?

    Hi folks, I would be super-grateful if you could let me know what you think of the price below: Convert from Economy 7 to gas using Worcester Greenstar 4000 30kw high efficiency combination boiler positioned in hotpress and flued horizontally through wall, with extended flue, system to...
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    Nail in a gas pipe!

    Would appreciate any advice - please understand, I’m not at all knowledgeable about anything plumbing related so keep your responses simple please I live in a new build property (8 years old now) which was built by a national building company with a shocking reputation. I put a nail into my...
  12. T

    Relocating boiler from bedroom to kitchen?

    I'm looking for some advice on a special case; my friend has a ground floor flat which has 2 bedrooms, living room, bathroom and kitchen in a terraced massionette. The upstairs is owned by someone else. His property has a long lease something like 500 years plus. He showed me round and there...
  13. J

    Advice needed for converting an outhouse- Gas supply

    Hi, I am looking to buy a house soon and in the garden of this house is an outhouse which the previous owners had used as music studio. It has a working toilet in it. i am thinking converting this into a seperate residence/flat for hosting Airbnb or keep tradional tenants. It doesnt have a gas...
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    Rubber gas pipe close to back of electric oven

    Hi All, Have recently moved into a new place. Have been doing some cleaning in and around appliances and discovered this situation with my electric oven and gas hob. Behind the electric oven, there is a metal gas pipe to supply the gas hob above it (the gas supply is not mains but is a butane...
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    No Hot water when Heating is on, all fine when Heating off

    Hi everyone, I have been experiencing an issue I can't wrap my head around. I will describe a few things below and hopefully, someone can help. I have previously (not in this house) had issues with a blocked heat exchanger which made the boiler overheat and switch off but this is different...
  16. A

    New boiler in cellar / bathroom

    Hi all current boiler very old (20 years plus) is housed in the bathroom just behind my bath taps .a cupboard has been built to house the boiler - when installing a new boiler will this pass all Necessary gas and safety checks for a landlord - as distance wise the boiler is within zone 2...
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    Old gas pipe (problem?)

    Hi, In the process of removing our old electric fire and surround, looking behind it appears there used to be a gas fire there which was removed and the supply capped off. Is it safe/recommended to just brick up the hole, apply some new plasterboard and skim over the top or is the pipe too...
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    Gas Smart Meter not connecting

    Got a Honeywell BK G4 E smart gas meter (from 2023) and an EDMI Standard 420 communications hub (from 2019). Connection on gas meter is showing as ‘network invalid (F)’ however older electric smart meter connects just fine. Internal consumer display also connects to electric smart meter, but not...
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    Flat Heating

    I've recently bought a flat and the current system is ancient. Theres a hot air heating system and immersion hot water tank and no radiators either. I want to move away from gas if possible and be purely electricity. What can I do to achieve this? I've looked at electric raditators like this...
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    LPG bottle gas regulation

    Does a LPG bottle require a 37mbar gas regulator? I've seen a few without them.
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