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Solid fuel central heating with back boiler

  • 23-11-2014 9:05pm
    #1
    jsabina
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 742 ✭✭✭


    Hi,
    I was looking at a house and it says

    "Solid fuel central heating with back boiler."

    what does it means?
    I have seen that there are radiators in few rooms.
    Is it coal? but connected to a central heating so going to the radiators? and for hot water?

    is it a system that I could keep like that working for a while before changing to something more modern? Is it "safe" in general?

    sorry I have no idea how it works, I've been always living in places with gas heating or electric heating.

    Thanks!


Comments

  • #2
    youngblood
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,776 ✭✭✭youngblood


    Yea so basically the fire that you light using coal/turf/wood etc heats the water and radiators.
    Perfectly safe


  • #3
    jsabina
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 742 ✭✭✭jsabina


    nice, thanks..
    So if I get the house I could just add a radiator in the room where is missing and use the heating system in place?
    I will google a bit to check how it works!
    thanks


  • #4
    allthedoyles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,893 ✭✭✭allthedoyles


    probably either a cooker , stove or open fire

    if its a cooker like Aga , Rayburn etc , could be expensive enough to buy anthracite.

    if its an open fire , may have central heating but not necessarily a radiator in main room where fire is , so all heat is usually taken up the chimney to heat back-boiler.

    a stove with back boiler would be most economical of the 3 above.


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