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Tag Archives: oil furnace
Bleeding a Firebird Popular 90 oil boiler
I received a query from a reader today asking how to bleed air from a Firebird popular oil boiler. This stems from a previous article on servicing oil boilers, see here. I thought I might as well share the answer with … Continue reading
Posted in Technical & Discussion
Tagged bleed, firebird popular boiler, Oil Boiler, oil furnace, remove air, restart
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Servicing an oil boiler: Firebird popular range
With winter approaching now is a good time to get your boiler serviced. This will maximise efficiency and ensure that it runs problem free. I think getting your boiler serviced easily pays for itself by reducing your fuel usage and … Continue reading
Posted in Existing Building Issues
Tagged boiler repair, boilers, firebird popular boiler, Oil Boiler, oil furnace, service, servicing boiler
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The cost of oil fired central heating per hour
In our house we have a boost button on our heating control panel. By hitting this button the boiler will come on immediately for one hour only. This got me thinking, how much does this button cost me every time I push it, or putting it another way how much does your home oil boiler cost in fuel to run every hour? Well it is relatively easy to calculate; I worked it out to be €1.20 per hour or €1.20 every push of the boost button! Continue reading
