
Any Plumbing Experts On Here? Solid Fuel Stove Help...
#1
Posted 27 August 2012 - 07:19 PM
we have been told by a friend that we need to run 28mm copper pipe from it, going up to the loft where we will be having our header tank.
we have an existing, but now defunct central heating system which we want to hook the wood burner up to. the old system used to be powered by our very old, very dead, gas boiler.
in the loft there is our old copper tank, and plastic header tank. we didnt want to use these if possible.
so the question is, does anyone on here have a good idea of what the system should look like (as a diagram) so we know what to conect to what?
#2
Posted 27 August 2012 - 08:56 PM
#3
Posted 27 August 2012 - 09:54 PM
#4
Posted 27 August 2012 - 10:04 PM
You cannot use a solid fuel stove or other uncontrollable heat source like that in any kind of closed heating system.
There are now (albeit rather expensive) wood burners available that can be ran on a pressurised system using normally open zone valves and heat leak rad(s) with a cold feed to the woodburner as a fail safe if the heat leaks can't keep up. We have plumbed one recently for someone with more money than sense.
Edited by mini-luke, 27 August 2012 - 10:07 PM.
#5
Posted 27 August 2012 - 10:12 PM
#6
Posted 27 August 2012 - 10:31 PM
Dont forget you'll also need a copper ball on your ball valve, you can get a plastic header tank but it has to be solid fuel specific one (usually has metal supports). We recently did a similar system and all in all it cost the customer an arm and a leg and also was an awful lot of hassle. Is there any reason you didn't want to just replace the gas boiler?
Fair point seeing as you can get a quality gas boiler with a decent warranty with change from £500 and fitting for perhaps £200-250. When spending time/money on a solid fuel setup ask your self how much gas you could buy with it, you may be supprised.
#7
Posted 27 August 2012 - 11:10 PM
#8
Posted 28 August 2012 - 08:47 PM
we can get an unlimited supply of free wood so it means through the winter we just let it rip!
i am aware that we need an open vent system and also the hazards of using a plastic header tank on the system too. i was kinda hoping there may be someone on here who could pop over and take a look (thought that was asking a bit much though lol)
i was actually a heating engineer a fwe years back, but we only did industrial, and it was mainly just ambi-rads and powermatic type stuff. we did service boilers too, but i never got involved in the layouts etc.
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