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Default Smelly oil-fired stove

On 19 Aug, 21:50, KingoftheBungle wrote:
On 19 Aug, 20:48, cynic wrote:

There are engineers and then there are Engineers.


Agreed.

If your ventilation and flueing are up to scratch you should NOT smell
any products of combustion! There should be NO leaks of fuel to create
a smell.


That's what I thought.

I'd get him (her?) back pronto and demand a proper check which you can
witness and have fume clearance demonstrated during the course of.
If you still don't get any joy contact OFTEC for a properly trained
person to investigate


He is OFTEC registered, but I don't have a lot of confidence in him,
now. Trouble is, we are tenants and the landlord is ultimately in
charge of who is brought in. I think I'll phone the company who sold
the stove - several years ago - and get their advice. I've never lived
with one of these beasts before and I'm not looking forward to this
winter!

K


Phone OFTEC and ask them to check out this guys work. Tell them the
facts as you reported them here.
I'd be surprised if they don't follow up on this matter PDQ