Recent content by barnettgs

That was my original question cos I was asking if my boiler is non-condensing one. :confused:

That is for condensing boiler, not non-condensing boiler like mine?

Short range? That's interesting. Last night, I turned up to the max on boiler's dial and this morning, the heating came on and radiators were very hot, too hot to touch so was the hot water. I decided to dial it back to 70 C - exctly half-way between max and min. Maybe it isn't effective to...

I should explain it better, I was thinking that if I had set the boiler temperature to minimum then I assume it would 'short' cycle to heat up more slowly and use less oil and I think it might not be effective because I already have thermostat set in the hall.

Ok I have had a couple of certified engineers serviced the boiler yearly in the past 5 years. However, I think it could be that I had set non-condensing boiler's temperature to minimum so could this be a reason? Since it does a lot of short-cycles as the house heating is always on 24/7 & is...

I have posted about a month ago about my heating oil consumption which I think was quite heavy. Well, I have only found out that my nearly 15 years old boiler is non-condensing if I'm correct, having read this link: https://www.homeheatingguide.co.uk/efficiency-tables?model=008191 It is Grant...

It's normally set around 19 C during the day, sometimes to 20 C if feeling too cold. Set 16-17 during the evening. But I have noticed that even with boiler set to its lowest level, the heating can be still warm in cold snaps and hot water is still hot, not lukewarm as you would normally expect...

We have thermostat in the hall and we are in house almost all day every day so what setting should I set the oil boiler to? I set it to the lowest as the heating always run all day and also that we have the solid walls with single glazed windows. But I was thinking that maybe it is best to...

You are right. I have just got my boiler serviced this morning by a different guy, whom I have found by good reviews. Apparently, there was nothing wrong with my burner or the motor as he said it is running 100% fine. Servicing took a bit over an hour, coupled with a service sheet. Now that I...

We have this oil burner installed back in 2004 so it is 12 years old. We usually have it running all day for many years now. We have had it serviced by OFTEC certificated technician for a few years, during which he had replaced the bearings and then the following year, he suggested that the...

The stove on its own is great but with backboiler, it needs around 3 times the amount of the fuel (wood, coal etc) to heat and that means a huge amount of woods (Let alone the time it takes to dry the fire wood before burning them). A standalone stove is around 5KW and a backboiler stove is...

Unfortunately DPC should never be applied to the old walls. See here: http://www.heritage-house.org/pages/managing-damp-in-old-buildings.html

Drilling holes won't help at all as the holes are too small to let the moisture out. It will takes many months for the wall dry out if you take the render off so now is probably the best time to take off the render to give it time to dry out before next year.

As you have a victorian building, have a read at this: http://www.heritage-house.org/pages/managing-damp-in-old-buildings.html

Hi, yes there is info about paint on the other page - http://www.heritage-house.org/categories/what-paint-to-use.html Hope this helps