Boilers 11
EOGB has launched an oil nozzle output calculator app for android and iPhone. Based on Danfoss nozzles, the £2.99 app calculates burner and boiler outputs in kW based on pump pressure, nozzle size and boiler efficiency inputs.
OFTEC technical director designate, Paul Rose
Paul Rose has been promoted to technical director designate. Paul has been part of the OFTEC technical team since 2005, and prior to that worked for a major oil boiler manufacturer. He has been heavily involved with the project to develop bio-liquids as an environmentally friendly alternative to kerosene.
Managing director, Carl Arntzen opens the new training academy
Worcester, Bosch Group has reaffirmed its commitment to installer, specifier and merchant training with the opening of a new £1.5 million training facility at its headquarters in Warndon, Worcester
Courtesy of Plumb Center, Ground Heat picked up a £10,000 prize. Plumb Center’s director of renewables, Simon Allan (l) and Countryfile presenter, Julia Bradbury present the award to Dave and Stewart
Ground Heat was recently named as Renewables Installer of the Year. The company, which has been existence for 7 years, is a sister company to Bolton-based M H Craggs & Sons, heating engineers with 40 years’ experience and installers of oil-fired and gas boilers.
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, he took the opportunity to change his career.
Walworth Castle, near Darlington, resplendent with its new Firebird 70 radiator heating system
In 1981, Walworth Castle, near Darlington, which can trace its history as far back as 1159, was transformed into a privately run, luxury 34-bedroom hotel.
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 their main fuel for heating and hot water, consumer interest in lowering running costs, improving system efficiency and, wherever possible, reducing carbon emissions, is paramount. The UK’s most efficient range of oil-fired boilers, encompassing 39 different model variations, each fitted with biofuel compatible burners, should therefore spark a lot of interest over the coming months.
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 their toughest challenge in 2011.
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 “smart phone” or “computer tablet” users, and you will persistently hear that “application software” is the future.
Somerset – community oil buying
Leading oil equipment manufacturers have urged the government to include bioliquids in the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI).