Replacing Franco Belge oil fired range

librajohn

I have a Franco Belge Gretalux NL oil fired range which is now 24 years in operation. I would like to replace it with a more up to date heating system but I am finding it difficult to locate a boiler which also produces radiant heat to the room. The range is now used only for heating water but as the room it is in is quite large, the radiant heat is required. I do not want to fit extra rads as this would entail ripping up laminate flooring. I also want to stick with the oil fired option.

I have looked at the Firebird oil fired cooker range but notice it has a pressure jet burner which I assume is quite noisy. The France Belge has a Silenta burner which is not very noticeable.

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated

Zaph

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TPM

those cookers are getting old and expensive to maintain, they do provide a lot of heat to the room they are in but I think could be more down to inefficiency than actual design.
You are going to find it hard to get something to supply the same heat to the room and only heat domestic water.
I have a fewer customers with the same question for years and there answr seems to be once it keeps going they will stick with it.

what is the actual size of the room?
Do you want to stay with the same fuel?

what is the order of your priorities from this (replacement) appliance?
room heat
domestic water heating
central heating
cooking

librajohn

Thanks Zaph for response,
1. Room size: 340 sq ft
2. I would like to stay with oil because of the convenience of automatic startup and shutdown. I am aware that wood pellet boilers also work to this principle but I am not sure about reliability of those boilers. I have read good and bad reports.
3. The Franco Belge is now used only to heat water - central heating and hot water cylinder. There is a double rad 0.9 M2 (total size) in the above room which I wonder if a condensing boiler could heat sufficiently to make the room comfortable?
4. No cooking now done on the range.

I feel that the present system is using too much oil so I would like to be aware of my options in the event of upgrading. The other option of course is to change to solid fuel

TPM

librajohn wrote: »

Thanks Zaph for response,

2. I would like to stay with oil because of the convenience of automatic startup and shutdown.


I feel that the present system is using too much oil so I would like to be aware of my options in the event of upgrading. l

best option for this is a condensing oil boiler (just to note the franco will have been running on gas oil and the condensing boiler will need to run on kerosene)

librajohn wrote: »

Thanks Zaph for response,
1. Room size: 340 sq ft

3. There is a double rad 0.9 M2 (total size) in the above room which I wonder if a condensing boiler could heat sufficiently to make the room comfortable?

thats a 1.8m x 500mm rad? it would be undersized for the room(assuming room height, windows insulation etc)

librajohn wrote: »

Thanks Zaph for response,
The other option of course is to change to solid fuel

i would suggest a room only stove(no boiler) in conjunction with the condensing boiler (chimney/flue, ventilation ect being suitable)

librajohn

Many thanks TPM. I appreciate your suggestions.