Heatese

ltdslipdiff

Any opinions on this system? Thinking of changing my pellet boiler set up.... its been trouble free but like the maintenance feee setup of the Heatese system and also potential savings over bagged pellets.

cruiser202006

Been meaning to get up to see with my own eyes what it's like but was thought through college the calorific value of oil, Nat gas, lpg etc and in theory it goes against everything we were thought. Unit is 4 grand I think and ull need oil tank etc. Should look into heat pumps for a bit extra money!

ltdslipdiff wrote: »

Any opinions on this system? Thinking of changing my pellet boiler set up.... its been trouble free but like the maintenance feee setup of the Heatese system and also potential savings over bagged pellets.

ZENER

The bumf claims a Navan man invented it but it was an Eastern Europe bloke who designed it. The special radiators they use have fans in them that make the very noisy. The big galvanized enclosure isn’t too pretty to look at either !

4 grand is the “from” price though. Rads etc pump the price up considerably. I know someone who got this in and found the noise level of the rads a bit annoying especially in a quiet bedroom. Price of the rads added considerably to the final price.

Too soon to comment on the savings yet.

Boards.ie: Niamh

Hi guys,
Heatese have read this thread and have been in contact to add some info:

The Heatese heating system was invented, designed and is produced in Ireland, all by Patrick Kiely from Meath.

With thanks,
The Heatese team.

If you have any further questions about Heatese, you can contact them on info@heatese.com

Johnboy1951

I know this thread is a few months old now, so maybe someone who has further experiences to report could update it?

I've been asked by a relative to investigate it, so this is part of my 'research'

ZENER

There could be a gagging order in place

I personally know of one installation where the oil consumption has tripled since their system was installed. Also the noise from the new type rads is off-putting. They have fans in them which raises the ambient noise level considerably.

Johnboy1951

ZENER wrote: »

There could be a gagging order in place

I personally know of one installation where the oil consumption has tripled since their system was installed. Also the noise from the new type rads is off-putting. They have fans in them which raises the ambient noise level considerably.

Thanks for the feedback.

Those fan radiators are nothing new to me .... I used them more than 20 years ago although a different manufacturer naturally. I still have a few fitted although rarely used.

I have looked briefly at the specs, and it seems the boiler is about 93% efficient from what I can tell (I might be misinterpreting on first glance).
I do not see any great difference (if the above is true) from a 'standard' condenser boiler such as this one
http://grantengineering.ie/high-efficiency-heating_products/best-oil-boiler-brand/vortex-oil-condensing-outdoor-boilers/

As with all heating systems the overall 'heat' in the premises is dependent on a lot of other factors which in turn impact on the amount of fuel used.
So when making comparisons I am looking only at the boiler efficiency, and so far can see no reason to select this Heatese unit over the likes of the Grant I linked to above, when upgrading the heating system in a home.

That is my opinion presently, admittedly based on initial research, and not taking into account the control systems built into the Heatese, which might well be duplicates of existing controls.

I am open to correction on this of course and will try to get some further info to help settle my opinion, so if there is any further feedback I would welcome it.

Howsa

ZENER wrote: »

There could be a gagging order in place

I personally know of one installation where the oil consumption has tripled since their system was installed. Also the noise from the new type rads is off-putting. They have fans in them which raises the ambient noise level considerably.

I am also aware of two installations where instead of lowering the oil consumption, the Heatese boiler has greatly increased it. I wonder is there may other instances where their fuel reduction stats do not stand up.

Only way to go is heat pump if your home is efficient then a large array of solar PV then when a feed in tariff becomes available, any excess electricity into the grid can be bought back to run the heat pump. ( when a f-i-t becomes available )

Ground based heat pumps are much more efficient and so is well based systems even more than ground.

We need to upgrade the heating but it's very hard to get people to actually come out, it's difficult to get a list of installers and plumbers that know what they're doing, too many cowboys in Ireland is off putting to say the least.