Recent content by Tony 7247

Hi folks. Thanks for all the replies, much appreciated. The problem has been resolved and I thought you might be interested as to what caused the stink. First of all due to me being unfamiliar with oil fired heating I misidentified the smell. It wasn't raw kerosene it was burned (partially...

Thanks for the replies, much appreciated. Yes I'm absolutely sure there was no liquid fuel on the floor. The boiler wasn't running on the day I moved in as the previous owner had let the tank run dry, the boiler stopped firing up a day or two before I moved in. When I first examined the boiler...

Hi. I know this topic's been covered here and elsewhere but my situation is a little different from the norm so thought I'd pick the brains of the good folk on DIYnot to see if anyone can give some idea. I moved into my house on March 7th at the tail end of 'the beast from the east'. The house...