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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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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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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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Lancashire firm grows business

M H Cragg has been serving the north west for over four decades Established in 1972, specialist heating engineers, M H Cragg and Sons, has more ...

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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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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 ...