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Did I receive my Full delivery of Oil?
In Dec our Oil was stolen. We had an emergency delivery of 500L delivered on the 19th Dec. The heating would still not work so we had an engineer come and look at it. He got it working 21st but on the 24th it broke. After lots of arguments with the landlord the boiler was finally replaced on the 17th Jan. 3 weeks later we…
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Radiator and general heating
Evening everyone, My wife and I have lived now in a rented detached house for 3 years. There is oil central heating to heat the house. There are still legacy storage heaters but they have all been disconnected and are not live. There is also a solid fuel stove installed. We have roof insulation installed and also half the…
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Warning - Fuel theft in North Lincolnshire
Not sure if this is the correct place to post but I live in North Lincolnshire and just wanted to spread the word that there is currently a problem with oil and diesel theft. There has been several fuel oil thefts around the Sc*nthorpe area in the last couple of days - on a couple of occassions the men were confronted by…
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New boiler
Hi Have just installed a new oil fired boiler and burner in my house. Is it more efficient to run it one hour on,then one off etc?
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oil versus electric oil
I have a holiday cottage which is vacant during the winter months. I have oil central heating, through a Vokera combi boiler which I leave on constantly, with the room thermostat at 5 degrees. This seems to use very little energy, but someone said a 500watt De Longhi oil filled radiator may be more economical still. What…
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Burning smokeless fuel in a stove
I have a multi-fuel stove, so tried some smokeless fuel, in the form of hard black lumps, like coal but clearly pressed into shape. Anyway, it was a nightmare to get them to burn, and when they did burn, they burnt very slowly with almost no heat. The next morning there were still lumps burning in the stove. When I opened…
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Ways to gauge oil in tank
I saw another threat where others were discussing this, basically how to accurately monitor oil left in tank. I was wondering if anyone had bought the apollo monitoring devices and if they are accurate to within, say, 20 litres, or if any device will give an accurate reading to this level. My tank is a 600 gallon beehive -…
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Help! just had a bill from Calor for £550
I'm on a metered estate with a Calor gas meter. Have lived here for six months now. Calor have been sending me bills for approximately £110 a month. I've just now had one for £547.83! This one includes meter readings, it says Reading 01/10/12 to 15/01/13 Current: 0006536E Previous: 0006256M Total LPG used = 280 Metric…
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I am being offered a free boiler. Why do I smell a rat?
Just had someone call at the door from "Brand Extension" he tells me that as I am over 70 I can have a free new boiler providing my old one is over 15 years old, which it is, I told him I am not on pension credit or any of the other benefits and he said as I am over 70 that is sufficient. Apparently I would need a survey.…
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Seasoned hardwood for multifuel stove
We have recently had installed a multifuel stove and would like to burn mainly wood on it and the occasional peat briquettes. We would prefer not to use coal. What is a reasonable price to pay for a cubic metre of seasoned hardwood, delivered, and can anyone recommend a provider in the West Midlands?
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wood burning stove and new boiler
hi all, hubby and i have been talking about getting one of these in the near future, we are looking for a reliable workhorse that will give out quite a bit of heat, we looked at the woodwarm fireview 16kw fire and it seemed to be ok, can anyone give any advice on whether this one is ok or not,or suggest questions that i…
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Countrywide problems
Changed from Calor to Countrywide last year as was getting really fed up with Calor and all the changes and have had nothing but hassle from them (countrywide). I signed a 2yr contract with them on a payment plan which was payable over 12 months. About a month into the contract they changed this to each delivery had to be…
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New to Oil Heating - please help!
Hello, I’m a complete newbie to the oil central heating world (just rented), and we seem to go through the kerosene very quickly. Please would anyone be able to tell me if I have to physically switch the boiler on and off as and when I want to heat up, or just re-adjust the remote gauge – temperature and timings to save…
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Adding an electric element to radiator
Hi folks! does anyone know of an electric element that can be added to a central heating radiator to provide supplementary heating when our multifuel fed boiler isn't lit? I have a large room so I need something quite powerful, but I do have two rads. thanks
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MCZ Red 24 wood pellet boiler stove
I have been reading some very positive views on this boiler stove. I would be grateful to hear any opinions by those who have had this installed. dban
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New boiler Quote
Just received a quote for supply and fit of a new boiler. Seems a little pricey to me, but ive been quoted this amount twice. What do you guys think? Remove the existing boiler and tanks and convert to a sealed system Lay dustsheets and other appropriate protection Lift carpets if required, floorboards etc. Up-grade the…
