Hi,
I'm in need of some advice regarding the fitting of a new boiler. I'm no expert so i'll apologise in advance if I get the terminology and/or descriptions wrong, and also sorry for such a lengthy post. We're on oil, and currently have an aging conventional Boulter boiler which is pretty...
my own oil boiler at home is making quite a hi pitch noise (like a bearing or something id imagine) everytime its on, and stays on whilts the burner is on , boiler is a worcester danesmoor, running on an open vent system , the ch pump thats by the boiler has been replaced last week as it was...
I do a few boiler swaps and bathroom refurbs for a home improvements company near me. any way bloke calls me today they are looking for an someone to do oil boiler swap in the Darlington area.
i don't how you would sort payment out that would be between you and them but i said i would ask on...
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I am looking for some help with deciding what size of boiler to buy; all comments and suggestions most gratefully received.
I currently have a 19 year old Trianco Eurostar 70-90 (26.4kW) in an outbuilding that needs replacing.
Has to be oil.
Looking at the Grant range (local maintenenance...
The pressure vessel of a boiler is usually made of steel (or alloy steel), or historically of wrought iron. Stainless steel is virtually prohibited (by the ASME Boiler Code) for use in wetted parts of modern boilers, but is used often in superheater sections that will not be exposed to liquid...
somebody just phoned me asking if i can look at their oil boler, they dont know the make!!! or model!!!! it stays on for a bit then goes off apparantley! what could it be? going to lockout because of oil filter blocked or something???
I was sent to a camray 3 90/130 with a rbl 40g5x burner, customer said she had a delivery more than two weeks ago and it has started to lock out on first demand in the morning. I connected guage to pump and had good continuous pressure, drew off some oil and it was clear, checked electrode...
Hi all,
Moving to a house and I need to replace the existing oil boiler which is currently located in the house.
House: 4 bedrooms detached (2 doubles & 2 singles). Not a big house though, around 120 sq m. 2 floors with guest toilet. en-suite and family bathroom.
Options:
1- moving the...
I have moved into a new house where the existing mistral boiler has had its day(30 odd years old).i have planning permission for an extension and when the house is done it will have5 bedrooms 1family bathroom and 2ensuites plus kitchen utility and cloakroom. I have a cylinder in the bathroom at...
Would appreciate any advice please. I am trying to add some underfloor heating in the kitchen using the existing oil fired boiler and hot water system.
Have installed 10mm pipe loops around the floor (not yet covered over with the screed), but boiler is not coping with this.
If I turn off all 2...
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I have purchased a 20Kw Stratford Stove (eb20he) to link up to my current central heating system (oil) i want the stove to do both Heating and hot water, but i want the stove and boiler to work in tandem, one to boost the other so to speak. My brother-in-law is a plumber (of some...
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Ive been looking over old posts on here and various leaflets that come through the door about the pricing for an Oil Boiler service, what i would like to know as im booked into do the Oftec course after easter what do you actually get as a customer having a boiler serviced when there...
Any advice to what is wrong with this boiler, it was working fine last night but this morning it won't fire up, I press the red button and it goes through the motions but it just won't fire up, checked that there is oil coming through pipe and there is enough in the tank so I have no idea why it...
Hello ladies and gents,
Im after a slightly more in depth understanding of this conversion, I am starting a new contract next week for a company , and will be placed with an experienced worker of theirs for my first week to help me get to grips with the works required.
The jobs are as follows...
After a recent internal oil leak I've got the chance to relocate an old Warm-Flow Riello 40 kersoene burner to an external housing (was previously installed in back hall). Insurance company have been sorting the oil remediation work (dug out kitchen & back hall) and will relocate the boiler...
Hi All,great forum ,hope you can help?
I have an old camray compact 50/70 oil boiler, with a rdl g2-sx burner.
It has been serviced every 2 years by the same guy.
The time for the service seemed to be short so I did some investigating myself.
I removed the burner and hacked off 1/4 inch of...
I have an oil burner (grant 50/90) plus a multi fuel stove for my heating system. I normally fire up the oil boiler for about 2 hours and by then the stove is hot enough so i switch off oil boiler. At the minute the hot water circulates through the whole system,which means that even though the...