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New back boiler

  • 26-08-2014 3:15pm
    #1
    xabi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,020 ✭✭✭


    I blocked up the fireplace when i moved into my house a few years back and at the time removed the back boiler (it had been disconnected by the pervious owner). Im now installing a new open fire and was considering putting a back boiler in again and have a couple of questions:
    • Can it be used to suppliment the oil heating?
    • Does it make the central heating less efficient when the fire isnt lit


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  • #2
    therealmccoy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 179 ✭✭therealmccoy


    xabi wrote: »
    I blocked up the fireplace when i moved into my house a few years back and at the time removed the back boiler (it had been disconnected by the pervious owner). Im now installing a new open fire and was considering putting a back boiler in again and have a couple of questions:
    • Can it be used to suppliment the oil heating?
    • Does it make the central heating less efficient when the fire isnt lit

    Theoretically yes, it can be used to suppliment the heating.

    If you have a non-return valve on the back boiler then the central heating wont be impacted by it, if you dont then the back boiler will be heated like a rad from the central heating.

    If the budget allows, you'd be much better off investing in a boiler stove as opposed an open fire.. Worth considering now..


  • #3
    xabi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,020 ✭✭✭xabi


    Yeah, considered the boiler stove option but just don't like the look of them. Will the fact that the back boiler is now gone have any impact on the new fire??


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