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We have an oil delivery booked for Friday but we ran out earlier today. We topped the tank with 150L from containers, bled the first boiler from the Allen key until the oil ran free and it fired up fine.
Did the same on the second one but that had an E9 over temp error. We reset the thermostat...
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Need it to calibrate a new pump.
Tried everywhere. No success.
My daughter bought her first home and was hoping to convert to gas but its not available in the area, so thinking a boiler upgrade is the better way to go.
Just after some advice and rough costs involved, is it worth getting a pressurised system installed and a new boiler and oil pump? Heating...
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We have a vented oil-fired heating system with a coal fire back boiler, this is going to be changed to a sealed pressurized system tomorrow and I believe, they are decommissioning the back boiler.
I have only discovered today there is no access to the water jacket, so will it be good enough...
Hi all - sorry to post as a newbie. I'm a homeowner - although with some technical bent ...
We have an ancient (probably 1987) oil boiler Perrymatics Jetstreme Mk2 running on Kerosene. Works beautifully. Have had it serviced until a year or two ago - and not since the pandemic ... This heats...
Have a problem with an oil fired AGA conversion
Has been no problem for 5 years, now goes out 12 to 36 hours after lighting, have checked fire valve, and have installed seperate line from tank to feed AGA
went for 3 weeks one time, then went out due high winds. Has now started same pattern
Help...
We've had a Grant Thornton oil boiler for about 5 years and suddenly it trips the electricity when it rains? The unit is in a wood shed and the exhaust goes out the wall horizontally. I can't see any water ingress in the machine, so at a real loss......and very cold..!!!!
Looking for a plumber to pipe up Rayburn to an R type neutraliser (and alter pipework to connect existing oil boiler). Job in SG8 OQE.
The job is fairly straightforward with reasonable access for pipework in roof void. Cylinder might need raising on a platform which I will build (I'm a chippy)...
The boiler is a Warmflow B1 Oil CH Boiler.
Does the thermostat fail in an open state or closed state with a hard failure?
Can they simply start to malfunction and not control the temperature correctly in a soft fail situation?
The boiler is working but the homeowner says it's running all the...
I have a danesmore 20/25 oil boiler and it is firing up but it’s producing no heat to the water or the radiators
My next door neighbour an electrician has checked the cylinder and thermostat and they all check out ok so he thinks the problem is within the boiler
Can Someone help give me some...
I have a SIP space heater and fitted a new matching spec oil nozzle as part of a service on it.
I wanted to check the pump pressure with the new nozzle and its difficult to be sure what port to connect to.
And that these pumps are definitely adjustable! I turned an Allen screw which is not...
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How simple is it to replace the expansion vessel hose? Do I simply turn the boiler off, drain the boiler and swap hoses, using some PTFE tape?
I'm looking for some advice on a frustrating problem I'm having with my old Eurostar 50-60s oil boiler please? Although it's old, most parts needed to operate it are now new.
The symptoms indicated a broken/seized burner motor or oil pump. I wrongly assumed the motor so I ordered a new one only...
I have a redundant gas cooker supply to cap, but wondered what the nut on the top of the gas supply bayonet fitting is used for?
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Seized baffles - can anyone give advice how to free them ? Worcester Camry boiler
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My oil fired boiler won’t fire up it is in lockout
After a power cut my oil feeder is showing out of fuel- it isn’t. And now my boiler is in lockout and won’t fire.
It was working fine before the power cut.
Checked & no air in the system
Plumber thinks I need a new feeder but I’m unsure...
A bit of history first. 2 yrs ago visited a grant boiler with boiler and pipework kettling. I added SentX200 noise reducer.
It is standard open vented system S plan Also found there was no bypass and this was an external boiler with frost stat so boiler would start with no valves open...
Hi all, I have a wallstar combi oil fired boiler. We got low on oil a couple of weeks ago but didn't run out. Since we've had our oil delivered the boiler won't fire up when hot taps are turned on so no hot water. The boiler fires up periodically to heat water but not when we turn on taps. I...
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We have a 2005 Worcester Bosch Oil Heatslave 26/32 that is fitted with the optional timer. Recently we have a problem.
To get either the heating or hot water to switch on the timer has first to be set for both to be ON but this just prepares the unit as neither will switch on at...
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