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NorfolkBumpkin
Hi all,
I'm feeling rather sheepish as I should have done my homework weeks ago, as you shall see, but I am where I am...!
We've recently bought a new house and spent the past few months renovating it, which has included a new Charnwood Cove 2 wood burner and new oil boiler, hot water tank and hot water/CH system (with expansion cylinders rather than a cold water tank in the loft). The plumber we used (who we have no problems with and have used many times before) told me that fitting a woodburner-backboiler into the system would add substantial extra cost and so, disappointingly, we decided against.
However, I've been thinking that I should have got a second opinion and that is what I am doing now. I'd be grateful if anyone can give me an idea of the feasibility and (very) approximate cost of installing a backboiler onto the Charnwood (you can get a flueboiler to fit our stove which I guess is the sort of thing we'd be looking at) and using this heat to complement the indirect hot water system which is currently heated by the oil boiler (and immersion).
Any comments gratefully received - please bear in mind that I'm not a plumber so my technical knowledge is limited.
Thanks,
Alex
I'm feeling rather sheepish as I should have done my homework weeks ago, as you shall see, but I am where I am...!
We've recently bought a new house and spent the past few months renovating it, which has included a new Charnwood Cove 2 wood burner and new oil boiler, hot water tank and hot water/CH system (with expansion cylinders rather than a cold water tank in the loft). The plumber we used (who we have no problems with and have used many times before) told me that fitting a woodburner-backboiler into the system would add substantial extra cost and so, disappointingly, we decided against.
However, I've been thinking that I should have got a second opinion and that is what I am doing now. I'd be grateful if anyone can give me an idea of the feasibility and (very) approximate cost of installing a backboiler onto the Charnwood (you can get a flueboiler to fit our stove which I guess is the sort of thing we'd be looking at) and using this heat to complement the indirect hot water system which is currently heated by the oil boiler (and immersion).
Any comments gratefully received - please bear in mind that I'm not a plumber so my technical knowledge is limited.
Thanks,
Alex