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Log gassification boiler

  • 17-10-2011 3:02pm
    #1
    about2build
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166 ✭✭


    @ bryan-f You recommend a log gassification boiler in this case why so?


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  • #2
    BryanF
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 10,145 Mod ✭✭✭✭BryanF


    about2build
    in a rural location, using a local wood source (in an well built home) seems like the obvious choice imo (this presumes a years wood can be sourced and left dry and the home-owner is not 90 and can put a log into the boiler)

    this is a personal preference of mine over geothermal/ any heat pump and obviously oil or gas..
    geothermal with UFH can cost up to 20g!!! and I don't think our renewable energy market is ready for everyone to turn to ASHP's BUT they are relatively easily retro-fitted so in say 10-20 years time when we truly have 'green' electricity (and there a little more robust with better winter performance) then lets go for that option....


  • #3
    about2build
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166 ✭✭about2build


    Makes a lot of sense Bryan-f and ya I've researched geothermal and seen the cost! What comparatively would the initial outlay for the wood gas' boiler be?


  • #4
    BryanF
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 10,145 Mod ✭✭✭✭BryanF


    about2build wrote: »
    Makes a lot of sense Bryan-f and ya I've researched geothermal and seen the cost! What comparatively would the initial outlay for the wood gas' boiler be?
    between 5 and 10g F. may I ask where your chosen arch is in this debate?


  • #5
    BryanF
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 10,145 Mod ✭✭✭✭BryanF


    one other thing About2build, from some of your other posts Ive seen you question the u-values of walls etc and having gotten a feel for your chosen building route may i say with all due respect that if you don't build your house right, no heating solution is going to be efficient or cheap. air-tightness and thermal bridges along with U-values must be adequately addressed


  • #6
    about2build
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166 ✭✭about2build


    ya muffler wherever you think and we can continue?


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  • #7
    muffler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 46,544 ✭✭✭✭muffler


    Continue on lads :)


  • #8
    about2build
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166 ✭✭about2build


    Bryan when he comes back online he can move it enmass....arch is recommending wood burning stove with back boiler.... as I haven't been granted planning yet he maintains its not worth doing out the spec until then but I want to get as much info in the interim as possible. I know the selection will be dependent on expected heat load, u values etc so I am going to talk to him on this in the near future. my objective is to avoid using oil and to have an airtight build with a low space heating requirement....hence my original interest in the cavity wall thread (sorry muffler!) I did get a price back on sips build and it was quite a lot more than i expected and am currently awaiting quotes on masonry build however without exact spec these quotes will be rough!! I asked my arc about PHPP test and he doesnt know it but says he can calculate using other methods again once we have the spec nailed down


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