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New at Boilerserve
A new training centre in north Staffordshire – recently opened by Boilerserve – now offers all OFTEC assessment and training. “With over 40 years experience in ...
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Grant – north of England
Installers based in Northern England, seeking training on Grant products, no longer need to travel to Devizes, Wiltshire, for dedicated courses. Grant’s official training ...
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A busy Ecobuild debut…
Answering questions on bio-liquids, renewables integration and OFTEC’s new consultancy service were technical officer, Paul Hennon and Malcolm Farrow
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First rate support from Firebird
Barry Brynildsen on the Firebird stand at Ecobuild
“However good your products are, it’s not the only consideration in the installer’s choice of ...
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Historic boiler discoveries
1960s Firefly manual was recovered
Worcester, Bosch Group recently opened a museum at the company’s Warndon, Worcester headquarters. The museum guides visitors through ...
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Installer rewards
American comedian Rich Hall will entertain award winners and dinner guests
OFTEC’s awards for excellence 2012 will be presented at a gala dinner at the ...
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Keeping one step ahead of new legislation….
New rules, introduced by the Department of Communities & Local Government (DCLG), are expected to shake up the way that all competent persons’ schemes operate.
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UK installers suffering
Neil Schofield, calling for clarity and commitment
A further delay to the second phase of the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) is eroding confidence in the ...
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Bio-liquids pilot scheme planned
Bio-liquids for domestic heating will soon be rolled out in a pilot scheme for around 300 households, according to Barry Gregory, chairman of OFTEC
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What’s the Green Deal for technicians?
As renewable energy initiatives continue to hit the headlines, Oil Installer takes a look at the Green Deal and examines what it actually means for ...
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Installers’ DVD champions renewables
Hands-on installers Watson and Andy share their experiences with other installers
Heating and plumbing engineers, Andy Buchan and Watson Carlill, have released a renewables DVD ...
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Moorland grows its boiler service division
Mark Quelch , a member of Moorland Fuels’ servicing division
At a time when many fuel distributors are abandoning boiler servicing, citing cost and time issues, ...
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Ordering made easy
The new Hytek website with improved search facility
Hytek has a brand new website to make purchasing items online, quick and easy. Once an ...
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CO – beware the “silent killer”…
OFTEC Inspection Services has recently investigated two cases of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning.
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Key appointments announced at OFTEC
OFTEC technical director designate, Paul Rose
Paul Rose has been promoted to technical director designate. Paul has been part of the OFTEC technical team ...
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Bioliquid campaign gathers pace
OFTEC director general, Jeremy Hawksley, campaigning for bioliquids to be included in the RHI
OFTEC is at the centre of a parliamentary lobbying campaign to ...
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Concern over Green Deal
OFTEC has expressed concern over whether the new Green Deal will sufficiently address the problems of fuel poverty in rural areas. In a written submission ...
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Made in China
Meeting ET Solar staff at the company’s offices in Nanjing, China, Oil Installer’s editor, Jane Hughes, 5th from left
Sixty per cent of ...
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Every cloud has a silver lining
Tony Norris, owner of Arn Heating
When former Tincknells Fuels driver, Tony Norris, suffered a stroke in September 2010, rather than letting it get him down, ...
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Grant Vortex – the green choice for oil heating
Grant’s new boiler house models are ideal for locations that are difficult to access
With well over a million UK homes using oil as ...
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When the going gets tough
Like most other industries, oil has had its challenges this year. Oil Installer spoke to installers across the UK to find out what had been ...
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APPlying the latest technology…
The Find a Boiler tool provides installers with on-the-job access to information about the Greenstar boiler range
Listen to the ever-increasing number of new generation “...
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Off-grid competition works well
The findings of an Office of Fair Trading (OFT) study into off-grid energy have been welcomed by OFTEC.
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Manufacturers back bioliquids
Leading oil equipment manufacturers have urged the government to include bioliquids in the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI).