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  1. suprised you didnt see us we were out for hours and took loads of pics all over the place, these are just the ones hes taged me in on face book, so will put the rest up when i have them. ill give you a shout next time as he has a go pro were gunna mount on the car.
  2. me and a mate went out last nite and took these,
  3. Yep, me too +2 Don't stress it. Undertaking rules. +3 or when your in a van thats limited sit on there ass and flash like mad they soon get the idea
  4. what company and why? I work on combi's and system boilers everyday... whats the reason for not using a combi? Don't get me wrong Combi's have there place but if I was spending my own money I would still avoid. Over the years I've seen combi's become the thing to fit and in some circumstances for good reasons, One problem though is the amount of installations where a combi is chosen simply because it's the easiest/cheapest option without enough thought for the demands to be placed upon it. The most regular customer complaint we came across was of poor DHW on combi boilers, usually the boiler would be working to spec though and it was just that it did not produce the dhw the user was used to from their traditional system. You could argue this isn't an issue with the boiler and more the person specifying the correct boiler however I think it's still something to bear in mind. The other common issues with combi's included things like scale formation, where I am the water is exceptionally hard and it's not unknown for plate heat exchangers to fur up in just a few months, diverter valves becoming stuck due to scale build up and diaphragms splitting. Yes you can get water softeners to help with this but in the testing we did the cheap ones just didnt work and the expensive ones are expensive! All combi's however well designed will have more components, moving parts, fittings, joints ect than a traditional boiler and all intricately crammed into a much smaller space than a traditional heating system so there has to be more potential for problems. I see you say you work on Combi's everyday, would that be because they break down the most regularly? That's certainly my experience. I'm not saying combis are rubbish just people should be aware they are not the be all and end all. If a particular combi fits a specific situation fair enough, we have sold many many combi's and have many many happy customers with them just be aware of the extra complexity of them and so the extra potential for problems. As for system boilers I have no problem with them at all, they're a great compromise and if I was replacing my boiler it's what I would have. I would rather not name my company as I still have an involvement there and dont really want to become there spokesman on this forum, forgive me if I don't post on this much more either as I sold up so that I didnt have to spend 24 hours a day thinking about boilers and I'm already boring myself! i do agree with most of what you said to be honest. I work on them everyday as my company has a massive client with over 600 site which need serviced yearly. Its not breakdowns. Most breakdowns i have been to is faulty pcb's and faulty pressure switches tbh. The dhw being poor is always down to the person choosing the boiler. I'm also a design technician which allows me to have that little edge over a normal "fitter" What people do forget is that you can still get efficient condensing system boilers and dont always need condensing combi's. For small properties with small occupancy i'd say the combi is a great idea but if you are talking multiple bathrooms and showers etc, ie a very large property a condensing system boiler with calorifier will always work better unless we're into massive combi's with huge heat input/output. I'm qualified for domestic and commercial properties so the boilers/burners i can work on can range from 1kw to 1MW heat inputs so i have a fairly broad insight into these things it will always depend on what its designed to be used for, system boilers dont take that much more time to install, it's the wireing side that will take a little longer. if your house is a large one id always go for a unvented system (system boiller) as with these they have a fast recovery rate, an immertion for back up and there also mains pressure ( to the pressure reducing valve which keeps all pressure after it equal for mixer showers...) only draw back being the amount of space they take up. i think people have been put off by horror storys of it being called a "bomb", there very safe in the right hands and a number of faults have to happen before it gets to that stage. anouther benift you can have is a hot water return mainly used in commercial app's or very large house's. all this does is remove the long dead legs of cold water that need to be run off before you get hot water. end of the day there are so many different system's to choose from, tell the installer what your require ments are and they will tell you whats best for you.
  5. good flow rate but a 37cdi overkill, if you get a 30kw that will be plenty and leave room for extiontion.
  6. magic84

    My New Car

    looks great ian but only one pic we want more. whats the ride like?
  7. ive got a junior28 and think its brill, in a 3bed with one bathroom, i put mine under the stairs with it being so compact. all boilers will come with a warrenty and depending on the make you may get more than 5 years. remember tho its all well and good saying i can get the boiler for x amount, but that will not include things like a magna clean, scale reducer, chemicals and time clocks. many boiler makes insist of the magna clean and scale reducers being fitted for the warrenty to be valid.
  8. drop in value!!!! have you not seen the ones in the for sale section there a steel
  9. just noticed are they single stud wheels?
  10. youve been a busy body, love the CF. rear lights could be darker and a spoiler would finish the back off nicley. great job tho
  11. here you go, http://www.soundstop.co.uk/?gclid=CPq9w ... 4QodYiGAxA
  12. here you go, http://www.soundstop.co.uk/?gclid=CPq9w ... 4QodYiGAxA
  13. your always have this problem in semi / terrice house. ive got the same problem in my house and did when living at home with mum. you can hear the tv, the arguments and even when the turn the sockets on and off. its just somthing you will get used to, but also why im getting a detached next . you can get sound proofing mat's/sheets but cant tell you where from sorry. as i saw it on a cowboy builds once when the kids playroom was under the main bedroom. worked a treat. plus it was really thin so they didnt lose any space.
  14. looks amazing was gunna get the same wheels but selling up now thats sum stretch tho
  15. i would prob start a new topic in the 350z modifications section and give it a good name loving the gtr-d by the way
  16. lum hows the zed treating you, ive just some pics of it on face book and its slammed to the floor, what's on the rear bumper. realy think you should start a progress thread
  17. did you get it from the garage in briz?
  18. the z is bomb proof really, parts arnt much more than your daily driver, and there are plenty of after market parts out there for when you feel the need to upgrade. P.S mines for sale
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