Recent content by Martindyna

Hi Ponsonby, I got an email advising of your reply fine so perhaps you need to check the DiyNot Settings or your Spam? Sorry to hear of your friends passing but she had a very good innings didn't she ! Sad to think of the boiler in a skip but you're probably right. You could try the Science...

Hi. Just noticed your post. I'm a self confessed oil boiler anorak having moved to a new housing estate in June 1959 with my parents when I was 2½ that featured oil fired central heating that `required no stoking'. The house featured a Wilson boiler that was launched in 1957 and had a...

Amazing that you still had one of these still working in late 2020 ! I used to service a Centramatic 40, years ago for a friend (actually it was about 40 years ago as well haha). I remember being appalled that it burnt paraffin with a totally yellow flame (unlike natural draught pot burners that...