kerosene

Started losing heat yesterday afternoon and went out overnight I've checked the oil flow from the tank to the Aga and it seems OK.Ive blown out the ports around the wicks and had a scrape out of coke given it a general clean. I managed to re light it but it appears to be slow coming up to heat...

Please give your "tips", "tricks", etc with both living and working in sub zero weather, id start off with one, my vehicles, both the pickup truck and tractors, start up, leave on fast idle with heater blower and heated window/ mirror on for say 5-10 minutes, thats more so important on the...

Anyone using them, any issues? I am considering a purchase for a small shed heater, and as an emergency heating backup for the House with the hot air vent pushed through a hole in the wall as I would prefer it left outside for noise reduction... Would probably go for and all in one as more...

We ve got a few holiday let's on farm and use fair bit of electric. Farm is in bottom of small valley with stream running thro. But very low fall on said stream, So wondered if anyone could point me in direction of a company so I could find out more info

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/lithuanian-farmer-burns-grain-heat-cheaper-than-burning-wood-2022-11-18/ Ok this has got me thinking and is a bit of a rant especially now the price of wheat is dropping, has anyone in the uk looked into burning wheat in bio mass boilers could it be another...

Just picked up a Thai take-away ......... cash only ! Chip shop a week or so ago ......... cash only ! Local pub ........ cash only ! This is why increasing taxes doesn’t work @ollie989898 ! its not just billionaires and tech giant with clever accounts planning that reduces the...

Looking for inspiration please. We’ve an old farm building built around 100 yrs ago we don’t know what to do with. It’s 22m long by 6m wide and currently 2 storey but could be 3 storey. It’s built out of standard house brick which isn’t in great condition and we’ve roof tiles coming off...

Putting a new boiler into a house along with a kero tank. The tank will be outside stored but does it need to be fire rated? Also where’s the best place to buy one about 1000-1400 litres in size.

Any experience here ? If you have excess solar are these a good idea ? can they work alongside a gas boilers on a underfloor heated house ? assuming free electricity to run them whats the pay back like ? is there a mx size property they can cope with without the units needing huge...

We had a delivery of fuel but would not fit in one tank so put the remaining 1100 litres in another empty tank. When finished the driver had to swap lines to kerosene for his next delivery and had to empty his pipe. I watched nozzle to see how accurate they are when swapping to another product...

I certainly think more about starting a tractor these days or even leaving ticking over whilst filling/loading. What are you doing?

We live about 5 miles from the city , always had problems with light pollution , an orange glow in the distance , Up until now , pitch dark at night , Demand destruction will sort the energy crisis

Imagine the row if food went up like electricity is about to?

Im starting this thread as a way of storing photos and notes of what we have been up to with the sheep. Im not really looking for comments etc, I just plan to use this like a diary (i dont do Facebook) Hopefully I shall have the discipline to keep this going. Starting at beginning of...

Energy costs have increased significantly due to external macroeconomic factors, but more recently due to the invasion of Ukraine. The horticulture sector has for some years been moving away from fossil fuels. Horticulture advisor Dónall Flanagan takes a look at the other options available...

This is a thread for those who feel guilty about cluttering up dear old GUTH’s beloved price tracker with the chit chat that stop us all being that miserable our families would throw us all out to sit with the dog in the porch. All are welcome, you can even post prices if you want. The only rule...

OK, so I'm not a farmer but I was born on a farm and I now live in what was once a farm, and here I am. Lazy Sod evoked a strong memory for me saying he came home from school to find a brand new Mf35 in the yard in 1958. He is evidently older than me, as my first tractor memory as a child...

For heating and hot water? With kerosene at £1 and gas at 20pp kWh ?

Currently use around 139000kWh of mains gas a year. Recent hike sending 1 year contracts to 20p per unit. Have I got any alternative options? Is kerosene cheaper at current prices? Biomass?

The diff pedal had been seized for a few years before some lunatic introduced a bar to it and separated it from the tractor complete with some of the part it was attached to. I've steeped it in a diesel / kerosene mix for 1 week and it's moving freely now. Can it be welded back on? Can I bolt...