Recent content by marshalln

AFter my last post I thought I'd look at the Which website, trying to be careful and not steal there thunder. BTW you can get a 1 month view for a £1. The best oil boiler has a measured efficiency of 91.8% (a 26kw combi cost ~£2200) and gas is very similar (at 90.3% 24kw ~£800)

So that people don't get the wrong idea about what this site is for. Anybody who wants to do any public slanging can go elsewhere. If anybody has something factual to say then back it up with references where possible. Any other statements will be treated as opinions unless they are backed up...

With the horrendous price of oil recently I'm looking at replacing oil CH with gas, we already have gas to the house. We normally use about 2000L per year but the last year has been quite a lot higher with the cold weather. The current system consists of a vented 20kw boiler feeding a 2 coil...

I checked the filter by the tank, it hasn't been looked at for over 7 years and it was choked with gunk and dirty water. After washing it out I tried flushing the line from the tank to the filter by opening up the valve (carefully). Nothing! When I dis-assembled the fittings after the valve...

I don't now what pumps usually come with a Riello, I'm only reading the manual. The boiler is about 10 years old so may have been made before Riello decided to fit their own pumps. What is POC, I'm not familiar with the achronyms associated with boilers. So if the flue has a problem...

Hi, We have had a bit of a saga with our oil boiler in the last two weeks. It stater going to lockout irregularly about twice a day, the first boiler man prodded and poked and I think introduced air in to the fuel line then walked of the job, refusing to come back. The second technician...