Stanley solid fuel range with back boiler

rui7

Hi all,

I'm looking for some advice. In my parents house there was an stanley oil burner range/cooker and then down the garage there was another standalone oil jet burner.

Recently my dad replaced the stanley oil burner range with a solid fuel range with back boiler in it. When this ran on its own it did not heat any rads but heated the room it was in i.e acted as a radiator itself. When the jet burner was also running the rads became hot.

Just last week my brother got a plumber in and they cut off the water supply to the stanley back boiler has they said it was affecting the efficiency of the jet burner in the garage.

My question is, is it ok to cut off the water supply from the back boiler in the stanley solid fuel range and just use it to burn solid fuel and heat the room its in or will it cause damage to the unit not having water flowing through the back boiler?

thanks,

R

Dtp79

rui7 wrote: »

Hi all,

I'm looking for some advice. In my parents house there was an stanley oil burner range/cooker and then down the garage there was another standalone oil jet burner.

Recently my dad replaced the stanley oil burner range with a solid fuel range with back boiler in it. When this ran on its own it did not heat any rads but heated the room it was in i.e acted as a radiator itself. When the jet burner was also running the rads became hot.

Just last week my brother got a plumber in and they cut off the water supply to the stanley back boiler has they said it was affecting the efficiency of the jet burner in the garage.

My question is, is it ok to cut off the water supply from the back boiler in the stanley solid fuel range and just use it to burn solid fuel and heat the room its in or will it cause damage to the unit not having water flowing through the back boiler?

thanks,

R

I don't see how it would effect the efficiency of the oil boiler to be honest. And I'm pretty sure it won't be long before the now empty boiler in the range will have a hole burnt in it

Billy Bunting

More likely someone installed it without adding non return valves so the oil was heating the range boiler when not on, that heat then being lost to the flue, would have been much easier to add the NRV's, if they had known what they are.
Agree with Dtp, the boiler will be warped and holed in no time.

TPM

A solid fuel stove with a boiler. or any other boiler for that mater should NEVER be used without being properly connected to a water filled heating system. It at very least could damage the boiler and is potentially very dangerous.

as Bill said a few NRV's could have sorted it out.
At this stage you need to get a plumber who knows solid fuel systems to have a look at it quickly

shane0007

Is it heating the water in the cylinder?

Billy Bunting

shane0007 wrote: »

Is it heating the water in the cylinder?

Not now