Recent content by futurejack

Hi sorry, The boiler is a Firebird popular 90. I don't know if the nozzle was changed when it was serviced but I can tell you the system is in for years and has never worked right. I'm not sure how big the house is but it's about a 10 moderate size roomed bungalow with about 8 radiators...

I still don't understand our system fully but this is my understanding so far. We have a tank in the hot press and a radiator distributor. The pipe coming from the boiler has an off pipe which connects to the rad distributor and the main pipe continues and connects to the bottom of the tank...

Hi Tony, I've just spent the last while looking at it. I took off the front cover of the boiler and cleaned it (was quite dirty). I fired it up with the cover off and the flame seems to be good. I've been checking the temp of pipes and stuff in the hot press and can see that the pipe...

Hi Tony, The boiler seems to be on all the time once the timer goes off - it may just be the blower that stays on though. I know that if I turn the stat down while it's on it will switch off then. The boiler was serviced last year but I don't think the guy was any good. I was thinking...

Hi Dave, I think it is celcius because it's the max temp it goes to. 90f would only be 30c - Not very hot!

Hi, We have had heating problems for years and am trying to figure it out what the problem is now after spending a grand a few weeks ago insulating the walls with polypearl. We always have the oil boiler set to 90 degrees and still this doesn't make the radiators that hot so the house is...