Hot Air Distribution systems

SparrowHawk

Hi All,

Have a separate thread about my leaking back boiler :-( Advice is to replace it....So looking at our options, and have come across "Hot Air Distribution systems" e.g. here .
Does anyone have any experience of these?
Do I need a special stove?
Could I still get hw using one?
Is additional construction required?

thanks in advance,

SparrowHawk

SparrowHawk

Bump..... Anyone?

air

Forget about it, it's a rubbish system used in the US where there's no interest in efficiency.
The ducts take up loads of room and have huge surface area for heat loss.
Air is a rubbish heat transfer medium compared with water.

sky6

air wrote: »

Forget about it, it's a rubbish system used in the US where there's no interest in efficiency.
The ducts take up loads of room and have huge surface area for heat loss.
Air is a rubbish heat transfer medium compared with water.

+1

Some houses had these fitted in the 60s if I remember correctly. While they worked ok, they cost a fortune to run and were no good during the really cold weather. Not suitable for our climate.

As said better to stick with a Water based system either new Boiler stove or System Boiler.

TOEJOE

Many years ago I had one, very basic just vented into rooms from boiler added back boiler and then put in standard oil burner.Oil was cheap in the 70s would not recommend it.