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    Range rating for a Grant Vortex Pro External Condensing Combi Oil Boiler 26kW

    My new Grant Vortex Pro External Condensing Combi Oil Boiler belches vast amonts of steam condensate fromthe exhaust flue. It clearly needs its maximum allowed rating adjusting downwards. Is it possible to do this please? If so, where is the adjustment?
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    Problem with oil boiler and landlord

    Hi all, and thanks you for reading my post. I'm wondering if I could get some advice, as I know nothing about boilers. I currently rent a bungalow, that has been plagued with maintenance issue, the most recent of which has been the boiler. I won't go in to too much detail, but on the...
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    Link uo solid fuel stove with oil boiler

    Hi again Just wondering if anyone can give their opinion on linking up a stove and boiler. The boiler and hot water tank are sealed, the house is a bungalow with a megaflow tank at floor level. I guess a thermal store would be recommended but after researching this it looks like it will cost...
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    Worcester danesmoor 20-25 oil boiler low water temperature.

    Hi everyone I have an oil fired boiler in sealed system supplying underfloor heating and a megaflow hot water cylinder, the system is sealed and controlled by 2 motorised valves. The underfloor heating manifold is from IHS and the temperature is controlled / reduced here by a temp / flow...
    • Joe Drakeford
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    • boiler oil boiler water worcester
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Boiler Advice Forum
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    Back boiler & oil boiler sealed system

    Hi guys,i am looking to install a back boiler into my fireplace,i have a oil boiler and a sealed system.So by using a open vent and header tank for my back boiler where should i connect my flow and return from back boiler into my heating(sealed system)At the moment i have only a single coil...
    • shea
    • Thread
    • back boiler boiler oil boiler system
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Boiler Advice Forum
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    Oil boiler with flexible balanced flue

    I've got a job coming up to fit an oil boiler in a utility. It's replacing an old boiler flueing into a lined chimney. The boiler is sited so I can't fit either a horizontal flue (even with plume management) or vertical. They're reluctant to move the boiler, or change to an external one. I'm...
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    Worcester Danesmore Oil boiler won't fire up after draining system to remove radiator

    Hi, after draining and refilling my system (to replace a radiator) my boiler no longer fires up but it DOESN'T lockout either. When I turn the power back on it sounds as if it's starting up (fuel pump etc starts making a noise) but don't hear it try to ignite and then it just sits there doing...
    • rico260z
    • Thread
    • boiler fire oil boiler radiator system worcester
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Boiler Advice Forum
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    Firebird external oil boiler

    I have a customer that is set on a firebird external oil boiler. I have no experience with these and have been trying to sway them towards a grant or Worcester equivalent. Anyone have any opinions on the quality of them, looks like a riello rdb burner? Cheers in advance
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    Housing for External Oil Boiler

    Hi Guys, Can anyone advise where I could get/order a metal housing unit for an external oil central heating boiler? I live in Northern Ireland but I am happy to purchase from anywhere in the UK. Thanks
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    Sterling oil boiler and Drayton actuator help PLEASE

    Hello I have just moved into a house with the above. I had a plumber come in to simply replace the existing pipes to run them under the new floor. We are experiencing numerous problems! There is only 3 pipes. Surely there should be 4.... Radiator out And then return, mains water and hot water...
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    Used oil boiler spares - giveaway

    Im clearing out some stuff. Ive put together a box of 3 old burners, all came from working boilers, with various extra control boxes and bits n bobs. There is more to go in it yet. Its either the scrap man or anyone here to strip for spares (OFTECs get priority). All I want is the postage, its a...
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    Hot Water Cylinder and Oil Boiler?

    Hi there, I need to give an estimate on replacing a hot water cylinder. However, it is connected to an Oil fed boiler and I don't have a qualification to to work on oil boilers. Can I still work on the hot water cylinder connected to it? Thanks in advance :-)
    • wild nomad
    • Thread
    • boiler cylinder hot water oil boiler water water cylinder
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Boiler Advice Forum
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    3T advice - connecting conventional oil boiler feed and vent

    Hi new member here seeking basic advice on 3T connections. The current system uses a conventional vented oil boiler on the ground floor and is an old single pipe sytem with the boiler feed and vent from the expansion tank connected across the hot water cylinder heat exchanger on the 1st floor...
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    External oil boiler tripping on overheat

    hi im oftec registered boiler problem is on a camray 5 external replaced overheat stat serviced modified shoddy pipework indoors replaced circ pump replaced cylinder stat still tripping replaced overheat stat again, just in case tripping again
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    Grant Vortex Oil Boiler

    Hi I have a grant vortex oil boiler and I have turned it off for 4 days. When I turned it back on I can't get any hot water or heating. I have filled water pressure back up but light at bottom of boiler isn't on could this be the problem if so how do I sort it?
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    Oil boiler sets kitchen on fire

    Local rag has typically reported it wrong. This was actually the burner that caught fire, not the tank. So when people say that oil isnt as dangerous as gas.....it can be: Ecchinswell house fire caused by fault in oil tank | NewburyToday.co.uk
    • Bunker
    • Thread
    • boiler fire kitchen oil boiler
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Boiler Advice Forum
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    What's the best oil boiler?

    Hi, New to the forum, been gas safe for a few years now but need help with oil boilers! Currently got a very old oil heat only boiler on an open system feeding 12 rads and hooked up to an unvented hot water cylinder. The boilers in an outside cupboard but needs to move to the garage after a...
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    Large Oil Boiler Brand?

    Hi, I require a new oil boiler. Currently heating does not do attic however I would like boilers to be able to cope in future. For this reason I think it may be better to get 1 boiler now and have plumbing for another at a later date? How much more efficient would heating be with 2 boilers...
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    Worcester oil boiler pump & motor

    Hi all new to the forum so please go easy on me hehe!! I would like to know if any other engineers are having any problems with the simmel 70w motors and danfoss 41- L3 bio pumps for me they keep seizing up after working for aboiut 8 hrs or so,its the third time its happened to me. Would be...
    • Gord
    • Thread
    • boiler oil boiler pump worcester
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Boiler Advice Forum
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    Archie Kidd oil boiler thermostat!!

    We have a 17 year old Model 1 and recently replaced our old failed Danfoss boiler thermostat with an Italian boiler stat recommended and provided by Archie Kidd. Strangly nowhere does it have the manufacturers name on the stat or written instructions and our plumber was interested in sourcing...
    • einhorn
    • Thread
    • boiler oil boiler thermostat
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Boiler Advice Forum

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