Replacing a Stove

aisr1ofk43dpy5

Hi I was on here recently with a query about a relatives central heating. I was back there the weekend and was able to impress her with my new found knowledge.
The position is she has a sealed oil fired central heating system. She also has a very old stanley cooker with a back boiler, this heats water but is not connected to the central heating.
Because of the price of oil she hopes to replace the stanley with a modern stove and have it work the central heating as well. Bearing in mind its a 2 storey 3 bedroom house which stove should she go for.
As the stove is in the kitchen with the hot press with the cylinder beside it about 4 feet away what could she expect to pay to fit the stove and connect into the central heating. Also taking into account changing from the sealed system and whatever else is involved.
I've been told that if this isn't done properly it can be a disaster so what questions should she ask of a plumber that would ensure he is capable of doing it right. Thanks.

daithi55

i recently stuck in an open fire with a back boiler
its not as straight forward as ya think she will need a duel coil cylinder to run the stove and ofch
also theres another circulating pump for the stove
also theres none return and blow off valve if to much pressure builds up
and other things to be connected altogether it cost me around 700 not including the boiler
now saying that my tank was a lot further away from the fire than yours so ya could save around 100 euroon copper piping

aisr1ofk43dpy5

Thanks for the reply Daithi. Could I ask if this price was just for materials with you doing the work yourself. Also with the fact the stanley is heating the water is it possible there is a duel coil cylinder there already or am I totally wrong here.

daithi55

just checked with the wife was 750 for all the parts and labour

there could be a dual coil cylinder there already
they might of been thinking ahead when installing the original system
check the cylinder to see if it has 2 or more pipe inlets blanked off for another system
could be lucky the tank alone cost something like 230 euro

what part of the country are ya in i can give ya my plumbers no. if ya like hes very good

aisr1ofk43dpy5

Thanks again Daithi for going to that trouble. The cylinder was only fitted a few years ago because the central heating was only put in then so maybe its dual. Was yours a sealed system before you fitted the back boiler. Thanks for the offer of the plumber but I'm afraid the house is at the other end of the country.

daithi55

Douglas Disgusting Magnesium wrote: »

Thanks again Daithi for going to that trouble. The cylinder was only fitted a few years ago because the central heating was only put in then so maybe its dual. Was yours a sealed system before you fitted the back boiler. Thanks for the offer of the plumber but I'm afraid the house is at the other end of the country.

what do you mean sealed
i thought solid fuel was sealed im not a plumber so wouldnt be 100% sure

but what i can say is they both work very well
i havent used the oil since only to test if it was still functioning after the conversion
will have your money back in no time once your using the solid fuel everyday
i was using the open fire evryday so it made sense to convert it

aisr1ofk43dpy5

Sorry probably didn't put it very well. The house has a sealed central heating system, no second tank in the attic. I've been told it will have to be converted to an open system before a back boiler can be connected to it.
I'm glad to hear it works well. Does yours take long to heat the rads up.

daithi55

it wouldnt be as fast as a stove but it gives us all the hot water we need and more
and the house heats up to a comfortable temperature that we like about 20 degrees

aisr1ofk43dpy5

Sounds great thaks again for the info.

Kb147

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Wearb

Kb147 wrote: »

Can I ask a question here?

You just have :rolleyes:

The Sidewards Man

Wearb wrote: »

You just have :rolleyes:

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Kb147

First timer
Can anyone help me regarding a Stanley stove / cooker / boiler, it is for mains gas at the moment, I'm wondering if I can be changed to burn oil easily? Is it just a matter of changing the burner in it? Or is there more involved?
It's an old type super 90 I think it's called, it's working perfectly on gas.
Please and thanks if anyone knows

Robbie.G

Kb147 wrote: »

First timer
Can anyone help me regarding a Stanley stove / cooker / boiler, it is for mains gas at the moment, I'm wondering if I can be changed to burn oil easily? Is it just a matter of changing the burner in it? Or is there more involved?
It's an old type super 90 I think it's called, it's working perfectly on gas.
Please and thanks if anyone knows

As far as I know it's not possible to do that conversion