Warning about BioFuel and your boiler

[Bowel Bugle]

Moved this to the main General Chatter section as it appears to be a very important issue to communicate to people.

Hi Phil, are you an administrator now? If so well done  :lol  

[jill cockfield]

Many thanks for that Carlos, we had considered bio fuel for our Roca boiler, but decided against it as we thought there could be a problem. Jolly decent of you to let us all know, and save problems occuring  

[chelseaphil]

Moved this to the main General Chatter section as it appears to be a very important issue to communicate to people.

[carlossaliente]

This is a warning to all out there that have oil-fired central heating boilers and are considering using BioFuel. Unless  you have spoken to the manufacturer of your boiler and they have told you that you can use Biofuel, DON'T DO IT.  We have had numerous clients come to us recently with problems, after being told by one company in particular (Biofuel BRVO), that they can use Biofuel in their Roca boilers.  What then happens is that within a day or so, the boiler cokes up and eventually stops running.  This is because the burner is not equipped to deal with Biofuel. After this happens, the only way to get the boiler running properly again, is to dispose of the Biofuel (which is difficult and costly) and to refill you deposit tank with red diesel (which is what is used over here as central heating oil). Only then can the boiler be serviced and repaired.

I have spoken to Roca in particular regarding this subject, and they have advised me of the following:-
Roca are currently in the developmental stages of producing an alternative burner that can be fitted to their boilers, in order to enable them to run on Biofuel.  However, at present you SHOULD NOT burn Biofuel in your boiler as it could cause lasting damage, and will not run properly.

As yet, Biofuel BRVO have been unavailable for comment!

Natalie