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Thanks woody. Where are you getting those figures?

It is proposed to create a storage room utilizing the roof void above an integral garage. The span is 9' (2740) Plan to use 6x2 (47x150) rough sawn treated timber joists hung from wall plates at 450mm centres with 1 (offset) row of noggins. (I've checked these against tables and this size timber...

Pleased to report boiler hasn't missed a beat since. :D I'm confident enough that I even put the weather cover back on today. A few years ago I looked into setting up a business selling and delivering eco fuels. i.e. wood pellets. Buy by the artic load from Ireland and distribute by the...

Interesting Tibbot thanks. By the way for anyone who hasn't checked lately kero is down to around 38p. Haven't seen that price since Feb. 2010. When my elderly parents were living in the house 17 years ago the kero consumption was regularly between 4000 and 4400lts a year. I immediately...

Thanks guys. Snb I can't access that site without declaring I'm an engineer - though I don't suppose they're going to come & knock on the door and ask to see my credentials lol. I don't disagree with you re the burner idea and age of the current one. I should have taken that route a few...

Thanks for the tip re the Riello burner. It was the price that had attracted my attention. That is certainly a concern as from what you say it would not work with the existing tank only a metre away and one day I may put a new plastic tank in the garden which would be much further away and much...

No simb82 you aren't invisible and thank you for the suggestion. Just difficult trying to keep up with all the different input whilst also dealing with other day to day matters. When I mentioned the flu gas temp of 300 I did add a question mark as working only from memory from his visit some...

Oilhead I'll get back to you on that. My Tuesdays are usually rather busy so I don't know if I'll have chance to mess with it tomorrow. Its difficult in the dark. What I do know is that air setting hasn't been altered in many years. Here's another thought: A few years ago, radiators used to...

MANDATE where can I buy a gauge for a tenner? I will check gap tomorrow, but yes its currently much wider than 3mm but always has been. Burnerman its on kero. No smell before. Don't understand re blast tube position. It gets worse: Whilst messing around with this problem this evening I...

Hi John. Yes I'd noticed when testing in free air, when I widened the electrode gap to try to give a bigger spark, because of the kink in the electrode it puts them nearer the nozzle, the spark was then alternating between electrode - electrode and electrode to nozzle, so I sorted that. Why...

Despite the slight dampness at the joint it can (hopefully) be seen there is no air at all in the supply. Bernard this boiler has previously worked fine at -10C