Oil boilers: serviced, repaired and fitted
Ian is OFTEC registered, business 11834 and technician 29180, which is the register for oil heating. He services, repairs and fits oil boilers, and looks after the tank and the oil line that feed them, across the Black Country and out into Shropshire, Staffordshire and Worcestershire, where oil is common.
Prices are given on the phone, or after Ian has seen the job. Have your postcode ready.
Registrations
- Gas Safe
- 6061489
- OFTEC
- 11834
- Hours
- 7 days
- Base
- WV6
Oil boiler locked out?
Press the reset once. If it fires and fails again, leave it and ring. Repeated resets flood the combustion chamber with oil.
What goes wrong with oil boilers
Oil boilers have a burner, a pump and a nozzle that gas boilers don't, and most faults live there.
- LockoutThe burner tries to light, fails and shuts down. Usually a blocked nozzle, a dirty photocell, air in the oil line or a tank that has run low.
- Smell of oilA weeping joint on the oil line, a filter seal, or a burner that isn't burning cleanly. Worth ringing about rather than waiting.
- Soot and smokeThe burner is out of adjustment or the nozzle is worn. The boiler wastes oil and the heat exchanger clogs.
- Air in the lineAfter the tank runs dry, or a filter change, air stops the pump drawing oil. The line has to be bled.
- Tank and lineA tank that is cracking, bulging or sitting on a failing base is a spill waiting to happen. OFTEC registration covers the tank as well as the boiler.
What an oil boiler service involves
Burner out
The burner is removed and the nozzle, electrodes and photocell are replaced or cleaned.
Heat exchanger
The baffles come out and the heat exchanger is cleaned of soot.
Combustion test
The burner is set up with a flue gas analyser for a clean, efficient burn, and the smoke reading is checked.
Tank, line and filter
The oil filter is changed and the tank and line are inspected. You get a written service report with the combustion readings before Ian leaves.
A new oil boiler
Modern oil boilers are condensing, like gas ones, and recover heat that an older boiler sends up the flue. A replacement is priced after a visit, because the flue, the tank position and the oil line vary from house to house.
If the house also has an old oil-fired Rayburn or AGA, Ian looks after those too, under the range cooker site.
He has maintained the system since its initial installation and we have found him to be reliable and trustworthy.
Keith Williams, Google review, Oil-fired Rayburn, looked after since 2014
Before you ring
Do you work on oil boilers?
Yes. Ian is OFTEC registered, number 11834, which is the register for oil heating. He services, repairs and fits oil boilers as well as gas and LPG. Oil boilers.
How often should a boiler be serviced?
Once a year. Most manufacturers make the warranty depend on it, and a service catches small faults, like a tired expansion vessel or a blocked condensate trap, before they stop the boiler in January. Boiler servicing.
How much does a boiler service cost?
Ring with the make of the boiler and whether it runs on gas, LPG or oil, and Ian gives you the price on the phone. Boiler servicing.
Does it cost more further out?
No. Ian doesn't charge for travel time, wherever you are in the area he covers. The price you're given is for the work, and it's the same whether you're in Wolverhampton or out in Shropshire, Staffordshire or Worcestershire.