I was looking at a property off the gas mains. It would need a new oil boiler amongst other things. What is the situation on anyone fitting an oil boiler? Is there a Corgi for oil?
TIA
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18 years ago
Corgi for oil
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18 years ago
Don't forget the LPG option - might be cleaner but would come under corgi
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the boiler. To me, this means I can fit an oil boiler. Is that so? The old tank would have to go for new plastic tank, as well as a new boiler in another location.
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Ughh...
In what way? Oil lends itself very well to heating.
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So then Dribble it IS true that they disconnected all the mains gas in your area. But, look on the bright side, If the water is deep enough they can fetch the oil in by supertanker.
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As far as I am aware you are supposed to inform your building control officer. That's all. I fitted mine in accordance with building regs and it was all fine. Persuading someone with a flue gas analyser to come and fine tune it is by far the hardest part.
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18 years ago
Much more expensive than oil though.
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If you have a clean install, LPG can save a lot in installation costs to the tune of £1,000 and more. Use this money to draughtproof and insulate and you use less fuel which may equal the running costs of oil.
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Or... use oil, spend the £1000 on draught(sic)proofing anyway and save money all round in the long run.
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Is this always true, whatever the price of oil?
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Good idea, but that costs more. The point was that equal running costs can be had for the installation buck.
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Can you explain where this saving comes from?
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No oil tank and stuff and installation, cheaper boiler.
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Erm, but LPG tank??
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If heavily insulated then use cheaper bottles - which is what many do.
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No, really - bottles are not a realistic option for gas central heating.
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Depends on how much gas you use
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Same could be said for oil - if you didn't use much you could get away with a milk bottle.
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18 years ago
Fabulous reasoning Russ - fabulous.