Back burner

[Raz 85]

I have a pressurised heating system in my house,wanting to put in a wood burning stove and wondering can I put one in with a back boiler to heat the water only-not radiators? I'm not going to attempt myself but after getting both yes and no answers from plumbers I'm baffled. Help please?

 

[kris]

Yes it can be installed to heat your water but your best to talk to a HETAS approved installer and hell give you the proper advice needed , obviously your stove has to be open vented so cant be pressurised , there are several ways to link up the systems ,

 

[Best]

As above, ^^ yes it can be done no problem if your hot water cylinder is an open vent, gravity fed from a cold water tank type of system. An unvented hot cylinder cannot be just connected though. So we need to know what sort of hot tank you have. If it is a vented tank and pipe runs not too long, or not in an impossible situation, like a bungalow with solid floors and cylinder remote and on same level as fire, then you could ask your plumbers why they say it can't be done.
Don't confuse your pressurised sealed heating system with the hot water.

 

[SimonG]

Think croppie closed this first time around.

 

[PlumbBobBob]

he did, you've had enough information now to know what to ask when you find an HETAS registered engineer. thread closed again.