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roofer

Original Poster:

5,136 posts

211 months

Sunday 22nd April 2012
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We have an oil fired boiler, Worcester Greenstar Camray External 18/25.

Can it be converted to run on gas? TIA.

Gingerbread Man

9,171 posts

213 months

Sunday 22nd April 2012
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Never known it to happen, but it probably could in theory.

Not sure it'd be worth the costs. Not a common conversion that I know of.

Edited by Gingerbread Man on Sunday 22 April 23:04

Rickyy

6,618 posts

219 months

Monday 23rd April 2012
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IIRC those boilers were about £2k+ brand new, you could probably sell it and buy a new gas boiler with the proceedings!

Its probably is possible, but I wouldn't think it'd be worth the cost or hassle.

Ferg

15,242 posts

257 months

Monday 23rd April 2012
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You could certainly buy a Riello blown gas burner for it, but the flame pattern is designed to fit the heat exchanger and as a rule oil-boilers have a box surrounded by water whilst a gas boiler has a heat exchanger with flueways. Efficiency would suffer quite badly I reckon.

roofer

Original Poster:

5,136 posts

211 months

Monday 23rd April 2012
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Advice much appreciated chaps. Thankyou.