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    Oil boiler smells, no sign of leak

    Hi all, Moved into a house with a Grant oil boiler a year ago. I swear I can smell smoke/burned oil throughout the house. Problem is, I’m the only one that can smell it, and neither myself or the heating engineer can find a leak. To summarise: - I’m an aircraft engineer, I’m certain I can...
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    Weird mix of electric and standard showers...

    Hi gang, Just moved into a house, built in the 1990s, it's got oil-fired central heating and a hot water tank. Two bathrooms upstairs, two downstairs. Three out of four bathrooms have an electric shower - it's just one upstairs shower that's fed off the hot water tank. I can't figure out the...
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    Missing mushroom vent cowl?

    Hi all, Moved to a new house and there are six roof vents for extractor fans etc, two of which appear to be missing the mushroom vent cowls to keep the rain out. From ground level, the two appear not to have anything on top, although I'm not sure if they might be sealed off? There's no problem...
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    Oil boiler randomly switching on

    Hi all, Just moved to a house with an ancient Grant oil boiler supplying a hot water tank and the heating, via a Danfoss timer connected to a thermostat in the hallway for the heating, and one in the tank for hot water. Everything appears to be in working order, except the heating keeps coming...
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