Installing central heating - help appreciated

[pna1]

Youngest son is soon to move into a house near Stone.
The big need is to install central heating and because there is no mains gas it is going to have to be either oil-fired CH or bottled-gas CH.

Anyone know of reputable small but Corgi registered firms who would quote for installation?

Anyone any horror stroies with either oil or gas? Thanks fellers!

[thewilse]

Try T W Heating they advertise in the away end small local family firm.

[pna1]

Much appreciated...as would be any other possibilities.
P

[Deleted]

Oil fired systems rely on oil being delivered to the property by tanker and being stored in a suitable purpose-built above ground storage tank connected to the heating system - this will invariably havre to be bunded too. The fuel is then drawn from the storage tank by the boiler as required. These tanks are quite large and unsightly and difficult to disguise and there are also strict regulations on where are allowed to site them.

Another consideration is that should the oil supply in the tank be allowed to run out, an engineer would be required to prime the boiler again and the system could not be used until a further fuel delivery had been received and this procedure carried out.

LPG systems are slightly easier but I am sure there are restrictions as to how close the bottled gas is allowed to be to the property boundary - and again it will be unsightly outside of the property (cylinder housing units can be purchased however). The main disadvantge again is that when you run out you have nothing until the next delivery.

Other than that try the yellow pages or install electric heating (it can be cost effective in smaller properties.)

[pna1]

Thanks for a very insightful reply. Food for thought.