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    Wood flooring, hardwax oiled applied, not a great finish.

    Hi all, Coated my wood floor with Osmo Wood Wax Extra Thin Hardwax Oil this morning. Waited an hour as it was dry and the wood had sucked up the oil and applied a second coat, as per instructions. Now however, it's an uneven finish which doesn't look great. When I do a 'scratch' test on the...
  2. Maggies56

    Oil tank in outhouse - help

    Oil tank located currently in an outhouse needs to be replaced and doesn't meet current regulations anyway. Not many options to put it anywhere else as the yard between the outhouse and house is pretty small. Has anyone installed an integral 60 minute fire-checked bunded tank (like the tuffa...
  3. Bobby Sharp

    Bleeding Rayburn 480k

    Bleeding Rayburn 480 Hi, I was wondering if anyone could help with regards to bleeding a 480k Rayburn. We run out of oil and after refilling now have air stopping oil feeding into the Rayburn. I have looked through the manual and have an idea how to do this but wondered if anyone had a step by...
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    Can you replace a RDB pump with a Riello Mectron pump?

    Hi two questions, that would be very helpful to have answered. Questions on how interchangeable oil pumps are. Can you replace a faulty RDB pump with a Riello Mectron oil pump, and vice versa? Is there any possible way that a danfoss oil pump could be used on a RDB burner. Would be really...
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    Heatslave tf832.3 control box burnout

    Hello all, Summary Burnt out TF832.3 control unit - what could cause it? Now Solved Had the boys in to do a full shake-down and service. Sadly there were multiple issues including iffy solenoid, knackered diverter valve and actuator, slightly gummed jet and a possibly senile timer. Gutted...
  6. D

    wrongly wired oil filled radiator??

    Hi, I recently bought two new identical oil filled radiators off ebay. Both of them dont seem to work correctly. They have three heat settings 850w, 1750w and 2600w ( 850w and 1750w combined). On the 850w setting the unit works fine, it heats up and responds to the dial thermostat and...
  7. D

    Oil inside sealed units

    We bought our house brand new 6 years ago and recently I have noticed what appears to be oil or solvent inside a couple of the double glazing units - see attached photo. At the moment there is no evidence of any internal condensation but I'm wondering if these "oil leaks" indicate failure of the...
  8. C

    HRM Wallstar won't start

    Hi hope someone can help, The boiler has been working fine all summer heating the hot water, but now the cold weather has come we've started having problems:- The motorised valve for the heating sounded like it was repeatedly trying to actuate but failing to, this has been replaced with an...
  9. A

    Thermecon Oil Fired Boiler Instant Lockout issue (Ecoflam Minor?)

    Hi Team, I wonder if someone may be able to help with the following issue. The Thermecon boiler is approximately 15 years and in the main performs well. Last year we had a problem with the spark generation to fire the burner. On inspection the HT leads seem to be arcing and the spark wasn't...
  10. D

    Ronseal danish oil

    I have applied a first coat of ronseal Danish oil to my breakfast bar but it looks a lot darker than I hoped. Is there any way of lightening up the look of the wood either before or when I add further coats? Thanks in advance
  11. R

    Costs and savings for replacement oil boiler

    I currently have a Worcester Bosch (WB) 20/25 Heat Slave Combi (non condensing) oil boiler dated 1999. I emailed WB and they said they don't have accurate figures for it's efficiency as it's pre-SEDBUK, but it's probably 65-75%. I'm getting, I think, a WB Heatslave II 18/25, which has a SEDBUK...
  12. M

    Worcester Heatslave 12 / 14 constant lockout, not firing

    Hi all, My heatslave keeps going to lockout :( can i ask whats the most likey cause? It makes all the usual noises apart from like a wind noise before firing up, and of course no ignition firing up too, i can hear water running through the system, biler clicks when i turn tap on, oil in tank...
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