Back boiler or not?

bling72

Hi there,

We are building a new home and undecided wether or not to have a back boiler.. We have 2 fireplaces. one or two of those will have a stove attached.

Any thoughts on back boilers? good or not good? also would an open fireplaces lose a lot of heat?

any advice would be greatly appreciated..Thanks

Stove Fan

bling72 wrote: »

Hi there,

We are building a new home and undecided wether or not to have a back boiler.. We have 2 fireplaces. one or two of those will have a stove attached.

Any thoughts on back boilers? good or not good? also would an open fireplaces lose a lot of heat?

any advice would be greatly appreciated..Thanks

I think back boilers are great:D. We have a stove with back boiler and no other form of heating. It heats our detatched 2 bed bungalow for half the cost of oil. To heat from cold you do need a good fire and then a more normal fire going. Ours takes 1 hour to heat the 5 rads and towel rail plus the hot water cylinder. We burn 50 40kg bags of housecoal over 7 months this winter. The coal cost less than 700 euro.

The open fire is very inefficient at about 20% and a stove 70-85%
My advice ditch the open fire and fit a stove:D. If you do go for an open fire fit a chimney baloon up the chimney when not lit to keep the heat in the room:cool:.

Stove Fan:)

mikehunts

bling72 wrote: »

Hi there,

We are building a new home and undecided wether or not to have a back boiler.. We have 2 fireplaces. one or two of those will have a stove attached.

Any thoughts on back boilers? good or not good? also would an open fireplaces lose a lot of heat?

any advice would be greatly appreciated..Thanks

I would love to have the back boiler on our stove but sadly not. We got one in few months back and the difference in heat is unreal but only heats one room and hall. Fireplaces are a waste of time and money in tryin to heat a house. Straight up the chimney your heat is going. Good luck in your new home.

bryaner

Stove Fan wrote: »

I think back boilers are great:D. We have a stove with back boiler and no other form of heating. It heats our detatched 2 bed bungalow for half the cost of oil. To heat from cold you do need a good fire and then a more normal fire going. Ours takes 1 hour to heat the 5 rads and towel rail plus the hot water cylinder. We burn 50 40kg bags of housecoal over 7 months this winter. The coal cost less than 700 euro.

The open fire is very inefficient at about 20% and a stove 70-85%
My advice ditch the open fire and fit a stove:D. If you do go for an open fire fit a chimney baloon up the chimney when not lit to keep the heat in the room:cool:.

Stove Fan:)

I'd love a stove but can't have one because of a limestone fireplace . But I must disagree on your costing over oil (at last Novembers oil prices). I got 500l of oil approx €315 at the time and ran 10 rads of it and still have about 100l left.

Unfortunately don't have that lovely stove glow..

Stove Fan

bryaner wrote: »

I'd love a stove but can't have one because of a limestone fireplace . But I must disagree on your costing over oil (at last Novembers oil prices). I got 500l of oil approx €315 at the time and ran 10 rads of it and still have about 100l left.

Unfortunately don't have that lovely stove glow..

Everyone has different comfort levels, how long the heating is on, level of insulation etc. We have our heating on around 14 hours a day in winter, as my grandparents are in their 80's and feel the cold and are in all day. We ripped the oil boiler out of 2 places because of the cost and have not looked back:D They like it very warm all over.

The only way we could ever use oil if we only had it on for 3-4 hours a day in a very well insulated new build and were at work 9am to 5pm.

Stove Fan. Ps I do not sell or install stoves I just like them:)

bling72

:)Thank you stovefan, bryaner and mikehunts.. i really appreciated your advice...will definitley be looking into them now.

the scorpion

bling72 wrote: »

Hi there,

We are building a new home and undecided wether or not to have a back boiler.. We have 2 fireplaces. one or two of those will have a stove attached.

Any thoughts on back boilers? good or not good? also would an open fireplaces lose a lot of heat?

any advice would be greatly appreciated..Thanks

I have an Efel oil stove with b/b fantastic for hot water what about an inset stove rather than the open fire. Much more efficient.

bling72

Thanks scorpion, im looking into them..:)