It was a freezing Friday evening early in February 2023, when my boiler broke. An engineer was called, several cold days passed, and his declaration came in sombre tones: ‘uneconomic to repair’. Li…

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    5 months ago

    Nope. In the UK the vast majority of heating systems are gas boilers, heating water which flows through radiators and the hot water tank. Some houses will have boiler a that heats water on demand, so no hot water tank.

    Oil is only used if people are off grid (exteremly rare) and requires bulk deliveries once or twice a year.