Comments on: Can I add use a wood burning stove in existing central heating? http://www.boilershq.com/wood-boiler/can-i-add-use-a-wood-burning-stove-in-existing-central-heating All About Boilers Sun, 18 Apr 2010 16:59:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bscrivens@btinternet.com http://www.boilershq.com/wood-boiler/can-i-add-use-a-wood-burning-stove-in-existing-central-heating/comment-page-1#comment-1549 bscrivens@btinternet.com Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:58:59 +0000 http://www.boilershq.com/wood-boiler/can-i-add-use-a-wood-burning-stove-in-existing-central-heating#comment-1549 Yes you can, have a look at this site http://users.cs.cf.ac.uk/Antonia.J.Jones/CentralHeating/CH.htm Explains how it was done Don't know costs etc but should be able to get some idea from the site<br><b>References : </b><br>http://users.cs.cf.ac.uk/Antonia.J.Jones/CentralHeating/CH.htm Excellent write up Yes you can, have a look at this site
http://users.cs.cf.ac.uk/Antonia.J.Jones/CentralHeating/CH.htm
Excellent write up

]]> By: peter b http://www.boilershq.com/wood-boiler/can-i-add-use-a-wood-burning-stove-in-existing-central-heating/comment-page-1#comment-1548 peter b Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:27:59 +0000 http://www.boilershq.com/wood-boiler/can-i-add-use-a-wood-burning-stove-in-existing-central-heating#comment-1548 i have the same query, i installed a gas boiler after being conned by a local gas salesman,i did have a villager woodburner running 5 rads before but was dismayed that when i needed the heat (in the morning and shortly before i came home from work the fire was out, or burned down,no matter how well it was stocked,so i installed a gas boiler to the existing system,which is now a sealed system, changed the immersion tank for a mains water one and disconnected and drained the backboiler on the villager, great!but now im thinking wouldnt it be great if i could now link the woodburner to the now sealed gas boiler circuit with an expansion tank and blow off valve and some sort of on- demand top up feed and give some heat to the 1st floor, which is always cold when the fire is running because it knocks the room stat and boiler off, which is a good thing because gas aint going to get any cheaper is it.the woodburner gives plenty of heat to the room if not too much sometimes, so it would be nice to get some of that heat around the rest of the house,ive considered warm air ducts to upstairs but that will also carry odours from dowstairs as well ie kitchen and woodsmoke etc.i know of the heat store tanks but dont have the space, nor for any tanks in the loft as i have converted it and realize that there is no thermostatic controls with a woodburner, but surely someone must have come up with a soloution to the unvented woodburner running in tandem with a sealed boiler system????<br><b>References : </b><br> i have the same query, i installed a gas boiler after being conned by a local gas salesman,i did have a villager woodburner running 5 rads before but was dismayed that when i needed the heat (in the morning and shortly before i came home from work the fire was out, or burned down,no matter how well it was stocked,so i installed a gas boiler to the existing system,which is now a sealed system, changed the immersion tank for a mains water one and disconnected and drained the backboiler on the villager, great!but now im thinking wouldnt it be great if i could now link the woodburner to the now sealed gas boiler circuit with an expansion tank and blow off valve and some sort of on- demand top up feed and give some heat to the 1st floor, which is always cold when the fire is running because it knocks the room stat and boiler off, which is a good thing because gas aint going to get any cheaper is it.the woodburner gives plenty of heat to the room if not too much sometimes, so it would be nice to get some of that heat around the rest of the house,ive considered warm air ducts to upstairs but that will also carry odours from dowstairs as well ie kitchen and woodsmoke etc.i know of the heat store tanks but dont have the space, nor for any tanks in the loft as i have converted it and realize that there is no thermostatic controls with a woodburner, but surely someone must have come up with a soloution to the unvented woodburner running in tandem with a sealed boiler system????
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]]> By: Michael H http://www.boilershq.com/wood-boiler/can-i-add-use-a-wood-burning-stove-in-existing-central-heating/comment-page-1#comment-1547 Michael H Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:13:59 +0000 http://www.boilershq.com/wood-boiler/can-i-add-use-a-wood-burning-stove-in-existing-central-heating#comment-1547 Yes you can but please REALLY consider this. The plumbing needs 4 or 6 zone valves and a manifold like a Dunsley Nuetraliser If your log burner is just one room from all the valves, current oil boiler and hotwater tank it'll cost about £2K for the plumbing On top of this you'll need a log burner with a back boiler - a decent 11Kw one will cost about £1,500 Then you have to think what that money has given you: The back boiler will not be good enough to provide heating or hot water, all it will do is raise the hot water to about 50 degrees. The back boiler will sap about 5KW from the log burner so you'll need an 11KW burner just to get any heat in the room and it'll feel like its taking ages to get upto heat - you'll feel its not "drawing" right because the backbopiler saps the heat from the fumes and they takes hours to heat up the chimney liner. And then you'll have to honestly think just how many hours the fire is at full temp and would it really make a difference to the oil consumption for those hours ? Me: a builder and highly recommend against it.<br><b>References : </b><br> Yes you can but please REALLY consider this.

The plumbing needs 4 or 6 zone valves and a manifold like a Dunsley Nuetraliser

If your log burner is just one room from all the valves, current oil boiler and hotwater tank it’ll cost about £2K for the plumbing

On top of this you’ll need a log burner with a back boiler – a decent 11Kw one will cost about £1,500

Then you have to think what that money has given you:

The back boiler will not be good enough to provide heating or hot water, all it will do is raise the hot water to about 50 degrees.

The back boiler will sap about 5KW from the log burner so you’ll need an 11KW burner just to get any heat in the room and it’ll feel like its taking ages to get upto heat – you’ll feel its not "drawing" right because the backbopiler saps the heat from the fumes and they takes hours to heat up the chimney liner.

And then you’ll have to honestly think just how many hours the fire is at full temp and would it really make a difference to the oil consumption for those hours ?

Me: a builder and highly recommend against it.
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]]> By: Kirk http://www.boilershq.com/wood-boiler/can-i-add-use-a-wood-burning-stove-in-existing-central-heating/comment-page-1#comment-1546 Kirk Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:01:59 +0000 http://www.boilershq.com/wood-boiler/can-i-add-use-a-wood-burning-stove-in-existing-central-heating#comment-1546 It is not really a good idea to add a normal wood burning stove to an existing furnace, but they make wood/oil combination furnaces designed specifically for this purpose. In most cases you would simply be able to switch furnaces and upgrade your chimney for about the same price as a wood stove and chimney. You should be able to "trade in" your existing furnace for the wood/oil furnace, lowering the cost.<br><b>References : </b><br> It is not really a good idea to add a normal wood burning stove to an existing furnace, but they make wood/oil combination furnaces designed specifically for this purpose. In most cases you would simply be able to switch furnaces and upgrade your chimney for about the same price as a wood stove and chimney. You should be able to "trade in" your existing furnace for the wood/oil furnace, lowering the cost.
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