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    Hi guys I am in need of some help, I have a 24 year old Boulter 50/70 utility oil boiler (camray) with a Riello 40 burner.

    If it was a diy service I assume you don’t have a flue gas analyser. Difficult to set them up without one. Get a service engineer. Nothing wrong with the Riello 40 burners. I have the same. Where are you?
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    Leaky overflow pipe at loft level but no water tank in my loft.

    Are you sure you don‘t have a small header for your heating system? They’re not very big (about a square foot) and could be tucked away.
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    Who uses inserts

    The inserts I got from HWOS are certainly not loose. So snug they have to be encouraged to go in.
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    Overpriced OFTEC training course....

    Just finished doing my renewal. 2 days at WB in Normanton near Wakefield. Highly recommended.
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    Qual oil pipe

    Shaun - I would agree for a bottom-outlet tank. Conduit would provide no protection from the heat of a fire. It'll have to be copper down into the ground. Then swap to copper inside an inspection chamber. What we need is a fire rated sleeve to go over the plastic pipe to allow it to be brought...
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    Qual oil pipe

    The above are all good reasons to only use top-outlet tanks. I run a single run of qualpipe underground then above ground inside 20mm metal conduit to a glanded box. Connection to copper is inside the box. Qualpipe is protected from UV and no underground joints. Of course the qualpipe above...
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    Cold Water only during power cut - why??

    Ha.. missed the bit about it being a combi.. DOH ! I'll shut up now....
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    Cold Water only during power cut - why??

    Depends on your storage tank. Mine is a sealed unit and uses cold water pressure to dIsplace the hot so I can (and have) had hot water during our many power cuts. if it’s likely to be a regular thing then suggest you have a discussion with a plumber. If it’s a one-off then...
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    Overpriced OFTEC training course....

    WB hq in Worcester. It’s a 2 day refresher course.
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    Overpriced OFTEC training course....

    Looking round and normal fee seems to be £650 or thereabouts. I see WB do a 2 day renewal for £250... which is pretty good Value. Shame it’s so far from me. So I could fly down, stay in a hotel, and fly home, and it would still be half the price that bunch in Aberdeen want to charge.
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    Who is best for servicing Kane FGAs?

    Very impressed with the service by Kane. My analyser was posted back to me the same day received. Free roll of printer paper and a couple of tea bags👍
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    Overpriced OFTEC training course....

    Looking to renew my certs. Noticed there is now an OFTEC training place in Aberdeen near me. dropped them a note asking about availability and price of the 3 day course... £1150... plus vat. HOW MUCH !!! Madness......
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    Who is best for servicing Kane FGAs?

    Registered with Kane. FGA boxed and ready to be posted tomorrow. Thanks for the advice.
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    Who is best for servicing Kane FGAs?

    Cheers. Very useful.
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    Who is best for servicing Kane FGAs?

    Whos' best for servicing Kane FGAs? Do you send them back to Kane or use an independent?
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    Recommend me a fuel transfer pump.

    Although it is potentially a high pressure pump, it was only ever going to be pumping into an open ended pipe. So the discharge pressure of the pump is limited to a the head and frictional losses. As the flow rate would be relatively low, I considered the frictional losses negligible. To be...
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    Recommend me a fuel transfer pump.

    Update. I ended up cobbling something together with a high capacity vehicle fuel pump I had kicking about. Made a T piece so I could feed the boiler and also transfer to the new tank at the same time. Took a while but it did the job.
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    Recommend me a fuel transfer pump.

    New tank going in and need to transfer a thousand litres of kero. can anyone recommend a decent transfer pump. Loads on eBay but interested to hear personal experiences. thanks.
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    Sprang a leak today.

    As I do my own servicing I doubt I could have proved that it had been done. My existing tank was installed when I moved in, and must be at least 20+ yrs old. I was planning on moving it soon, so think I might splash out on a new top entry. I shudder to think what could have happened.
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    Sprang a leak today.

    Bottom outlet tanks are still very common over here. No requirement for catchment pit. Top outlet tanks make a lot of sense.

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