Plumber advice

[Stephen]

Hi towny,

Well £99 for ten minutes work aint cheap but as it was a major blockage in the inlet valve it was worth every penny

Regards

keith

£99!!.......He saw you coming.
She's bound to find out what really happened Keith, they always do. The give away is when your lips move
If she happens to mention about cutting something else off and feeding it to the dog I have a spare room available (reasonable rates). It was delivered and put up today actually. Far too good to be a shed, so I'm thinking of renting it out.

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[Onelife]

Hi towny,

Well £99 for ten minutes work aint cheap but as it was a major blockage in the inlet valve it was worth every penny

Regards

keith

Very good value for such a serious and potentially life threatening fault. You did absolutely right in calling in the experts and I think your forethought in isolating the hot water system was a wise precaution essential to not making matters worse. Without your supreme efforts the BG man would have a much more difficult task. I'm sure he was grateful for the preparatory work you had done and if she knew about it your wife would be indebted that you put her safety first in your heroic efforts to avert further disaster. Well done hero.

Thanks Merv ...I think there's a hero in all of us its just a case of pressing the right buttons

Btw...I much prefer your version of events

Regards

Keith

[Onelife]

As an aside, if the table lamp in the lounge goes out on its own tonight make sure that the first thing you check ....

.... is the inlet valve

I think it will be a case of telling my wife u- switch after today performance

[Onelife]

Hi towny,

Well £99 for ten minutes work aint cheap but as it was a major blockage in the inlet valve it was worth every penny

Regards

keith

£99!!.......He saw you coming.
She's bound to find out what really happened Keith, they always do. The give away is when your lips move
If she happens to mention about cutting something else off and feeding it to the dog I have a spare room available (reasonable rates). It was delivered and put up today actually. Far too good to be a shed, so I'm thinking of renting it out.

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I tell you what buddy, its a step up from where I am presently living...dose it come with room service?

[Onelife]

it was a blockage - twas a turned switch blockage!!!!!!!

Absolutely Meg .....Who knows, with a bit of luck I might be able to turn it round and make it look as if its all my wife's fault


Regards

Keith .

[Stephen]

I tell you what buddy, its a step up from where I am presently living...dose it come with room service?

The cat normally rustles up something and brings it in via the flap. Do you like tripe

[Onelife]

If it's that old, it'll most likely be mentioned on the sales blurb when you come to sell the house and will be a weighty argument from the potential buyer to drop your selling price. Might be worth biting the bullet.

Hi Mr Shiney...you certainly know how to kick a man when hes down ...Btw...I don't drop them for anyone no matter what Stephen would have you believe

[Onelife]

I tell you what buddy, its a step up from where I am presently living...dose it come with room service?

The cat normally rustles up something and brings it in via the flap. Do you like tripe

No...but the dog dose...is your cat insured?

[emjay45]

I'm glad it's fixed and I hope your wife doesn't read the forum. I'm just going to tell my husband what the problem was. YOU!!!

[GillD46]

You are not alone in your plumbing ineptitude! A few months ago , after taking out some base units in our utility room to replace them, we discovered a leak in the central heating pipe that supplied the radiator in there. As we pay for a BG service contract, we called them out and the engineer duely arrived, within the hour!

He had a look, took out a spanner, tightened the valve and was on his way - and no leak since! Two very red faces and one happy engineer who was able to knock off early!

[jay-ell71]

We had a new boiler at Christmas time and have just had a new Hot Water Tank fitted in the airing cupboard because the (very) old one was leaking and the water pressure could not be maintained. (of course it is no longer an "warm airing cupboard" because the HWT has a very thick insulated jacket on it) Looks like you might be in for something like this. Oh dear.

[Onelife]

Hi Jay....don't worry

At least if the first one breaks down you've got another one to take its place

Regards

keith

[Mervyn and Trish]

Tried to delete my lasts post but couldn't. Sorry.

I'm sure there'll be a Modplod along to fix it soon

Fixed

[Raybosailor]

what about the header tank in the loft? Does that have any water in it?

If its a pressurised system there wont be a header tank Meg.

The trouble with combis is that all of the working parts are encased in the unit and to open them up is a job for a qualified heating engineer.
Gone are the days when you could tap diverter valves and heating pumps with a spanner to shock em back to life, the only parts visible are the two pressure valves and magno filter (if fitted) and they only have an effect on the heating loop.

I'm afraid you are at the mercy of the man in the van.