Wood burner and combi

Dave NE · Wood burner and combi

I have recently had my 1/2 yearly fuel bill in and i wasn't impressed, i never leave things on standby and even resorted to going to bed through the day to keep warm. I have decided that this year will be different but i am having problems finding the information i need. Can a combi boiler be used through the summer months and a wood burning stove through the winter, all on one system, cheers Dave

JamesB

look at
www.altergen.co.uk/resources/download_11.pdf
basically you need a hot water tank or thermal store to store the heat from the stove. I would recommend thermal stores since then you could connect a solar panel in the future as well.

James

Dave NE

Hi James, thanks for your thoughts about my dilemma, i have looked at what you said and must admit that i had not heard about the idea but it looks as if it is still in the early stages of development and i haven't a lot of cash to throw around. With further research etc, i plan to install a combi but have a wood burning stove for the winter. I have talked with people and they say a wood burning stove put's out an enormous amount of heat so it should cut down on my bill's next winter, regards Dave

terrier

hi dave, you can connect a wood burning boiler stove into your existing central heating system using one or two different methods. we have a wood burning stove that is not connected to the central heating and just have the central heating on at 15 degrees so that the room we are sat in is warmed by the wood burner and the rest of the house is not damp or too cold. this works really well and its surprising how much heating oil it saves.
terrier

Dave NE

Hi Terrier, thanks for the info, i have more or less decided to go with a straight forward stove (no boiler), i could work out the valves etc but i might be selling the house in a few years time and this might be a bad selling point to any new owners, not everyone is as derainged as we are (G), ttfn Dave NE

Martin

Best system of all would be a woodburner with backboiler for winter use, and solar hot water for summer - one tank, coil for solar, coil for backboiler, coil for conventional boiler if desired - or if you may sell the property, get a tank with 3 coils, and leave one "spare" for later additions)

My advice is to steer WELL clear of a combi, they do not work well with other heat sources, go for a "conventional" condensing boiler

lachlanandmarcus

agree with martin, we went for condensing oil boiler and have woodburner connected in via back boiler into hot water system (heating is underfloor). we cant get permission for solar due to B listed property but hope this might change so have an extra thing on the hot water tank to take a solar feed in the future.