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What is a Fire Valve?

Within any oil fired heating system it is law that an emergency fire shut off valve should be installed. The fire valve must isolate the oil at the point of entry into the building and be...

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Which Oil Tank Gauge is Best?

When deciding on which of the many types of oil tank gauge to install on your storage tank it can be difficult to decipher the best one to go for. This handy guide will explain the...

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Water in Your Heating Oil Tank

It can be difficult to tell if you have water in your heating oil tank until something goes wrong with your Aga or boiler. This is one thing that should be checked on a regular basis...

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What is Bio Fuel ? Part 4 Storage and Supply

What are the implications of using bio-liquids in existing oil storage and supply systems Findings from the heating oil project have shown that, subject to the use of bio-liquid compatible filters and fire valves, no other modifications...

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What is Bio Fuel ? Part 2 – The research

OFTEC Heating Oil Project - Bio-Liquids For the production of new bio-liquid compatible equipment such as boilers, burners and oil tanks, as well as the conversion of existing installations and equipment, it is vitally important and necessary...

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What is Bio-Fuel ? – Part 1 The Science Bit

The introduction of bio-liquids into the home heating and cooking markets creates opportunities for a cleaner, sustainable future for the liquid fuelled industry. What is Bio-Liquid Bio- liquid suitable for use in the home heating market are commonly...

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Pay As You Go… for heating oil customers

Pay As You Go Northern Ireland Minister for social development, Nelson McCausland, has given the go ahead for trials of a new "pay -as-you-go" system for heating oil customers. At present there are pay-as-you-go schemes for both electricity...

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Guide to Non-Domestic Oil Storage

Guide to Non-Domestic Oil Storage This guide applies to non-domestic oil storage tanks including those supplying commercial buildings such as offices, village halls, churches and schools. It also applies to domestic tanks over 3500 litres in capacity...

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Protecting your heating oil from theft

 Heating Oil Storage Tank Security Protect your oil tank Protect your oil tank with the following crime prevention advice offered by Norfolk Police: · Position your oil tank to allow maximum view from your property – this may...

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