Two pipe system is better than a tiger loop m8Have a poke around the boiler even just for curiosity sake.
When we first ran out of oil last year, I couldn't get it going, especially as I had no experience.
Had a browse around and found a manual online for the riello burner within the boiler. All I did was loosen the bleed plug with a rag around it and let the kero bleed through and into a small plastic container. Tried a few more test fires (red reset button) with a little more bleeding then the thing came alive again with the air out of the system.
Not hard and I didn't implode
But our tank is down the bottom of the garden ~25m away on stilts so mavity fed. New one is 3m from boiler and lower than the boiler, so am going to have to fit new pipework and a tiger loop. Should be fun
Home Oil (Kerosene) Boiler Advice
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It depends what the heat demand for the property is really as the unit size is dependent on that. You dont have to have the heat pump on the side of the house, we just done one which was 15m away behind a customers shed.
Have you considered Biomass? Trouble with Air source is your Electric Bill will rise considerably. I'm not familiar with the Air Source Tech but the chap who designs heating systems for houses locally "Used" to swear by them, now he advises to stay clear.
Biomass will also be covered under the same RHI scheme as air source, although with a different price per Kw for heat generated.
Biomass will also be covered under the same RHI scheme as air source, although with a different price per Kw for heat generated.
I am in an identical situation, Housey. No mains gas, conservation area with very strict planning (cotswolds AOONB), old kerosene boiler which isnt worth maintaining any longer.
I had a plumber round literally yesterday as i need to address the lack of a working boiler at my house rather urgently with the weather closing in. In the end we have decided that i will go for an electric system instead. Electric solid state boilers are silent in operation, require little to no servicing, are very small, and the clincher for me - do not require a delivery or top up or monitoring of any form of fuel (obviously). They are also quite cheap to buy and replace later on. The downside is that they are not the cheapest items to run, air source systems are better in this regard, but frankly i don't deem the upfront investment in an alternative to be worth it and i care little for my overall utility costs.
Thats what we are doing, anyway
The ugly smelly kerosene tank (2500L in our case, old metal one) will be thrown on the scrap heap as will any future phone calls to oil delivery people. Our old oil boiler was also fairly noisy in operation, you could hear the fire burning with some volume, i wont miss that.
I had a plumber round literally yesterday as i need to address the lack of a working boiler at my house rather urgently with the weather closing in. In the end we have decided that i will go for an electric system instead. Electric solid state boilers are silent in operation, require little to no servicing, are very small, and the clincher for me - do not require a delivery or top up or monitoring of any form of fuel (obviously). They are also quite cheap to buy and replace later on. The downside is that they are not the cheapest items to run, air source systems are better in this regard, but frankly i don't deem the upfront investment in an alternative to be worth it and i care little for my overall utility costs.
Thats what we are doing, anyway
The ugly smelly kerosene tank (2500L in our case, old metal one) will be thrown on the scrap heap as will any future phone calls to oil delivery people. Our old oil boiler was also fairly noisy in operation, you could hear the fire burning with some volume, i wont miss that.
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I don't have a shed, I can't have a shed. There are covenants on what I can do due to where we are and the environment we are in.
Well I arranged for an engineer to come out and there was a blocked component within the boiler. He was here for a day as the problem wasn't obvious and I also asked him to swap out a few parts, so my boiler is now a bit like Triggers broom but working well and nicely efficient too. Tank filled, heating working, toasty house again.
I would not have been able to resolve this myself as it turns out.
I would not have been able to resolve this myself as it turns out.