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Adaptable tester
The SCT-1 safety control tester adopted by leading boiler manufacturers
Keprotec has developed the SCT-1 – Safety Control Tester – capable of testing all fire valves currently ...
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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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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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10-year milestone for Grant Vortex oil range
Originally launched in 2002, the Grant Vortex was one of the earliest oil-fired condensing boilers to hit the UK market, well before condensing technology became the ...
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Worcester installer strikes gold
Ben Eyres strikes it lucky with an oil boiler
A lucky installer from Devon is the first to have discovered a golden ticket as part ...
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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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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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Get G-One accredited
Grant UK’s G-One accreditation scheme covers air source heat pumps, solar thermal, oil-fired and wood pellet boilers.* To become G-One accredited, installers must successfully ...
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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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Highlighting the need for ‘a good, efficient boiler’
Chris Huhne, former secretary of state for energy and climate change
On a recent visit to the headquarters of the Worcester, Bosch Group, Chris Huhne, ...
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The argument for a new boiler scrappage scheme
The first of 120,000 inefficient boilers gets scrapped under the government’s 2010 scrappage scheme. There are still 3.5 million G-rated, or older, boilers in use across the ...
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Burner partnership
The MAX OIL burner, specified by TR Engineering
Ecoflam has supplied its MAX OIL burners to TR Engineering for its Trianco range of Contractor SE ...