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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 ...
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An app for oil nozzle output
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 ...
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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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State-of-the-art training at Worcester Bosch
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 ...
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Award for ground heat
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 ...
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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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Heating a castle the Firebird way
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 ...
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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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Councils act on rising prices
Somerset – community oil buying
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Manufacturers back bioliquids
Leading oil equipment manufacturers have urged the government to include bioliquids in the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI).