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    Question for oilman

    I was wondering if oil boilers can be converted to run on diesel? Reason I ask is i need a heat source for a rural property and their is plenty of agricultural ;) places around. Cheers, cowboy
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    how much heat does a cylinder hold?

    One for the physics boffs out there... How much heat (kwh) does a 300 litre cylinder hold.. Ta
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    Mad Idea?

    I been looking at thermal stores running on electric cos that is the only option available. Tey are fookin expensive. So my thinking is why can't I just get a massive cylinder insulate it to buggery, and have twin high recovery coils in it and use them in reverse to take heat from the...
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    Making my own thermal store using ecenomy 7!

    I've a bit of a project to do for me dear old pa. He's renovating an old wooden cabin in the wilds of derbyshire and there's no mains water or gas. there is electric, and i spent this week overseeing the drilling of a borehole (£17k :shock: ) . So we got electric 240 100 amp, and 6000 Gallons...
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    Finnish Town Faces Fecal Foul-up

    Think a NRV could have been of use here... :shock: Finnish Town Faces Fecal Foul-up A city in Finland best known as the namesake to mobile phone giant Nokia is floundering in filthy drinking water after a municipal employee sent thousands of gallons of sewage into the water supply...
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    Help with boiler fault on dhw

    I'm pretty good at installing but pretty ****e at fault finding... Mate in pub last night asked; dhw flutuates between hot and cold, but water at kitchen sink remains constant. Boiler is a poorly insatalled vokera. The other thing is he is on a shared main and the problem ocured when his...
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    can anyone help me source a 1900 single ended bath please

    can anyone help me source a 1900 single ended bath with tapholes at one end thats not silly money? Ta Yeehah, C.Plumber
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    leak from composite valve

    Got a 2mb leak on a ravenheat/honeywellcomposite gas valve where the modureg joins main body. Probably a failed rubber washer. Ravenheat do not supply these on their own - only with modureg at £72 + vat!!! :shock: Any one any suggestions on replacement washer? Cheers, Cowboy
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    vokera combi scalding hot

    Can anyone help with this 'friend of a friend job' please? Spoke to woman tonight says she has a vokera combi didn't know model etc - water is hot enough to have burnt her! Usually have problems getting the things hot enough ;). Apparantly she's already had another corgi bloke out and he...
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    What happens when you upset your plumber...

    "Satanic gang leader's diary sheds light on murder case" by Peter Popham ("Independent," October 13, 2004) The publication yesterday of chilling diary entries by one of the alleged leaders of a satanic gang accused of three murders has helped to shed light on a case that has shocked...
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