Home Heating

Products
Silvey are delighted to help you with your home heating requirements. Whether you need:
  • Kerosene (28.sec)
  • Betterburn (28.sec)
  • Gas Oil (35.sec)
we're clean, prompt and reliable.
If you live in the post code regions, BA, BS, CF, EX, GL, NP, PL, SA, SN, TA or TQ call us on 0845 6644664 (local rate) for your next delivery.
Your safety and satisfaction is important to us. Are you concerned about the state of your oil tank? Silvey will give your tank a no-obligation, free check-up. If you do need a new tank, we can organise that as well.

Which type of oil?
Kerosene is the grade of oil between diesel and petrol, also often known as paraffin or burning oil. It is in yellow in colour due to the Euromarker added to prevent duty evasion. It is used for all appliances with vapourising burners (e.g. Aga cooker) and most domestic appliances using pressure jet burners (most central heating boilers) Silvey also sell a premium grade, Betterburn, which is fragranced to reduce odours and has additives to enhance your burner performance and reduce oil consumption. Aga cookers are very sensitive to slight variations in kerosene and many of our customers find an enhanced performance and service interval by using Topanol additive.

Gas oil is the same fuel used by off road diesel engines. It is deep red in colour and although it has a higher calorific value than kerosene it is rarely used in domestic heating because it attracts 10.03 pence/litre Excise Duty (as of December 08) making it more expensive. Due to it's higher calorific value it is sometimes used to heat very large houses but usually with older systems.
Comparison of calorific values - Oil Vs Gas
Quantity
Fuel
Heat content/unit quantity- kWh
1 kWh
Gas (mains)
1
1 litre
Propane (LPG)
7.113
1 litre
Kerosene
10.35
1 litre
Gas oil
10.85










Oil Storage

High quality, safe and secure oil storage is an essential component of any oil heating system. Silvey offers a service TankChek providing you with a low cost assessment of your oil tank and installation and recommendations for any improvements that could be made. We do not carry out any remedial works ourselves so you can be assured we will not be suggesting unnecessary work but we can arrange for contractors to provide a quotation if required.

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