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    How can I tell if my external boiler is wired properly for frost stat operation??

    Hi, As per the title, could anyone please tell me how I can tell if my new grant external boiler has been wired up properly for the frost stat to work? Is it right that if I turn off the hot water and heating on the programmer that operating the test switch should tell me if the permanent...
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    Heating oil line rules/regs Norrhern ireland?

    Hi folks, I am wondering if the rules in Northern Ireland are different relating to oil compared to the rest of the U.K. and Ireland? Oftec seem to be the body who provides guidance for the GB and all of Ireland, however the way things are done here seems to be completely against oftec guidance...
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    New OIL boiler choice

    Hi folks, I’m back again after what must be 5 years or more for some advice / opinion. My quandary is: Grant Vortex vs Warmflow Agentis??. The only thread I could see about warmflow was very disparaging in terms of warmflow customer support (or lack of it). My plumber says it’s up to me...
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    Boiler temp to heat cylinder to 65

    just wondering how hot I need to set the temp stat on my boiler to enable it to heat my cylinder to 65c? All the info online just says to set the boiler to a hotter temp than the cylinder temp but not how much hotter it should be. It is a firebird conventional oil boiler with a 3 pipe system...
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    Oil boiler in utility room 'a bit smelly'

    Hi folks, Having left London for a far more rural location we now have an oil burning boiler (firebird 82) which is a bit whiffy. There was a strong oily smell which we had sorted via a service (cleaning out and changing of injector) and subsequently Changing to an outdoor venting 'tigerloop'...
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    Pre 2000 built insulation requirements Northern Ireland

    Just wondering if any of the Northern Ireland members would be able to give me some info on the level of insulation that would(most likely) have been fitted to the walls and pitched roof of a chalet style house that was built in 2000? The planning application could have been a few years old...
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    Efficiency (or not) of thermal stores??

    hi folks, I'm buying a new build house in N.I that has an oil fired condensing boiler and a room sealed wood burning stove with a back boiler and both heat sources serve to supply a thermal store which in turn serves the central heating and DHW via internal coil heat exchangers. (The brand is...
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    Biasi Riva compact HE not firing up at all

    As per the title, the boiler is a M96A-24SM/C. I went out for a run yesterday morning and came home for a shower and there was no hot water or heating. The boiler had locked out. I reset that and tried to run the hit tap but it locked out again and did so on all subsequent attempts. When...
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