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Solid fuel hearths – boundary issues
The purpose of a hearth is to provide a safe area around a combustion appliance to prevent the appliance setting fire to building fabric, furnishings ...
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Becoming a qualified plumbing and heating engineer
PHSP launches new training advice on becoming a qualified plumbing and heating engineer.
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Stream video to OFTEC’s technical team using ResponsEye
Wouldn’t it be easier to show OFTEC’s technical team what you’re seeing, rather than trying to explain it on the phone?
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Don’t wait for net zero to invest in renewables
‘Don’t wait for net zero to invest in renewables,’ is GTEC’s Griff Thomas’ advice following the Spring Statement announcement.
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Building regulations: what the L changes in June?
What heating engineers need to know about important new changes to building regulations
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Scottish Heat in Buildings Strategy
The Scottish Government published its own Heat in Buildings Strategy on 8 October, just ahead of the UK version. The Strategy builds on a consultation held ...
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Phasing out fossil fuel in home heating
After almost a year of delays, the UK Government has published its long-awaited Heat and Buildings Strategy outlining plans to decarbonise heat and buildings. With ...
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Support our drive to deliver HVO for oil heated homes
In the last issue of Oil Installer, we introduced a new communication campaign to tell oil heating customers about the benefits of a new renewable ...
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HVO – a renewable low carbon fuel
OFTEC reports on the current HVO field trial and explains the potential of this fuel in heating
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Brits “baffled by boilers”
• Almost a third (29%) of boilers failed to receive a scheduled check due to lockdown delays. One in ten did not receive a check at all.
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Three trade associations, one common goal…
As we move to deliver a low carbon liquid fuel, we recognise that burning the fuel is only one piece of the jigsaw. The product ...
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A good starting point
Invited to see a biofuelled oil boiler in action by Worcester Bosch, Oil Installer’s editor, Jane Raphael and deputy editor, Peter Clayton were very ...
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Delivering the benefits of affordable, clean energy in a low-carbon economy…
OFTEC has engaged In Perpetuum Partners to help respond to government thinking for the off-gas heat network.
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Are heat pumps a good option for your business?
there are potentially huge opportunities for heat pump installers as we move into the 2020s.
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Discrepancies between fuel poverty and clean growth agenda “continue to hit vulnerable rural households”
OFTEC says recent revisions to the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) scheme don’t go far enough.