Linking Oil with Solid fuel boiler

[Jordo205]

I know there are many threads started on this subject but I have a quick question to ask as i cant seem to find exactly what I want to know on any of the existing posts.

So I am in the process of undertaking a fairly big job for a valued customer, we have an old building stripped back to the bare shell and renovating into a house. Original plans were to fit an oil combi which was all fine and dandy but now the boy would like to fit a solid fuel boiler aswell prety much as the main source of heating and hot water with an oil boiler as a back up. That obviously throws away the idea of fitiing the combi so thinking off an conventional oil boiler linked to the solid fuel back boiler.

Reading all these threads about Dunsley neatrulizer's etc I just want to know if they are really needed. Fitted many solid fuel back boilers in the past and can't see why I cant just link the rising flow and return from oil and solid fuel boiler in 28mm upto the coil with a leak off rad. Then simply branch off for the central heating with the pump on the return working off a timer + pipestat fitted at the cyclinder.

Is there any reason why i could not do this?

Thanks

 

[SimonG]

Yes, many.

 

[Jordo205]

.....?

 

[snowhead]

You'll have the unused boiler working as a radiator.

 

[SimonG]

Your customer can't be that valued if you are wanting to bodge it. Do it properly or leave it alone.

 

[Jordo205]

Your customer can't be that valued if you are wanting to bodge it. Do it properly or leave it alone.

Okay other than snow heads reason would it be too much to ask what one or two of your many reasons would be. Just curious. Thanks

 

[dontknowitall]

You can't turn off a solid fuel fire with a switch.

 

[SimonG]

Okay other than snow heads reason would it be too much to ask what one or two of your many reasons would be. Just curious. Thanks

Would it be too much to ask why you don't want to do it properly?

 

[lame plumber]

Best have a reread of the building regs and oftec manuals

 

[WHPES]

Thermal store - Ideal solution
Dunsley Equaliser - next best thing
Anything else - bodge up and potentially dangerous

Dunsley equalisers aren't that expensive anyway.

 

[Jordo205]

Thermal store - Ideal solution
Dunsley Equaliser - next best thing
Anything else - bodge up and potentially dangerous

Dunsley equalisers aren't that expensive anyway.

Okay thanks very much

 

[Plumb Ugly]

Just wondering what exactly a dunsley equaliser is? A buffer tank of some sort between the solid fuel and oil boiler? Sorry if this is a bit basic but iv no experience of solid fuel systems and was curious as to how this set up works

 

[SimonG]

Just wondering what exactly a dunsley equaliser is? A buffer tank of some sort between the solid fuel and oil boiler? Sorry if this is a bit basic but iv no experience of solid fuel systems and was curious as to how this set up works

If you google Dunsley Neutraliser and have a look through their web site. Plenty of info on there. It's basically a neutral point for the system.

 

[Plumb Ugly]

If you google Dunsley Neutraliser and have a look through their web site. Plenty of info on there. It's basically a neutral point for the system.

Thanks I will have a look at that!

 

[SimonG]

Also have a look at heating innovations h2 panel.

 

[WHPES]

A Dunsley Neutraliser (sorry not equaliser - it was getting late) is pretty like a much simplified and basic thermal store - a tank which has numerous tappings on to accept various heating devices. It is only suited to combustion devices as opposed to alternative energy sources as it's not tall enough for different stratification levels.

 

[Plumb Ugly]

Thanks for that fella's all interesting stuff!