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jennyjoan | 15:21 Sat 07th Nov 2015 | Home & Garden
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I have my oil in something like 20 years however boiler has been changed 3 or 4 times so it is running well.

However my hearing allows me to hear dull, drummy sounds, and this past while back in fact a way good back I am hearing the dully sounds. I even hear them when I am in bathroom as pipe runs outside the wall. When I turn the oil off - the sounds go away.

A little bit annoying if I may say so - so my plumber nephew will be up sometime in a few weeks can I ask him a stupid question in that the noise be turned down. Thanks
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Avatar Image EDDIE51
The sound is the oil pump running, you can't turn the sound down.
15:25 Sat 07th Nov 2015
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Insulate the oil pipe work?
15:29 Sat 07th Nov 2015
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are you better with getting gas in.
20:38 Sat 07th Nov 2015
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If you are already set up for oil why would you want to go to the expense of changing to gas? It would cost a lot of money to change.
As woofgang says you could probably just get the oil pump insulated to stop the noise or at least make it run more quietly.
09:22 Sun 08th Nov 2015
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sorry - late in thanks - will hopefully remember to ask nephew to insulate oil pump as I have never heard of such a thing.
20:35 Sun 08th Nov 2015
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You've changed your boiler 3 or 4 times in 20 years?

And what do you mean when you say you turn the oil off?
20:42 Sun 08th Nov 2015
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Do you even have mains gas? We have to buy bottled gas for our house in Ireland.
11:34 Mon 09th Nov 2015
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No mains gas in NI, it would have to be bottle gas.
11:37 Mon 09th Nov 2015
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I thought not but was sure about NI. We only have a gas hob and 1 fire that runs on gas. The central heating is oil.
11:39 Mon 09th Nov 2015
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there is mains gas here as far as I know the company is Phoenix - they are are everywhere digging up the roads - running the pipes under the road and into your house. There are 13 houses in my cul-de-sac and 10 have all changed to gas. I have no intention of changing as I am very happy with the oil and now the price of it now I may get a top up - £260 for 9 litres compared with I think I paid in £500 in May.
21:05 Mon 09th Nov 2015
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^^^^ sorry 900 litres
21:06 Mon 09th Nov 2015
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What about the boiler change, 3 or 4 times in 20yrs?
00:35 Tue 10th Nov 2015

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