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Replacing old Oil Boiler

  • 20-01-2022 10:22am
    #1
    Igotadose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,211 ✭✭✭✭


    It's getting on time to replace our old Firebird boiler. It's becoming fussy, and it's tank is rusting too, so it needs a new tank. Plus even if we didn't replace it, we really want to relocate it in order to accommodate some future work.

    There are many options, we got a very high quote for replacing it with a Grant that would live in the shed. We'd prefer that the new unit not be in the house as the Firebird smells a bit when it's run, due to the outlet being in the path of the wind so on windy wintry days, some of the exhaust gets blown back into the house :(

    Any recommendations on replacing it with an electric boiler? That'd remove the problems of the tank location and the exhaust, but I recognize it'll be more expensive to run. Just how much though? We already use the electric immersion to heat the shower/bath water for an hour or so a day. The Firebird's run during the winter (typically November->March) for an hour or so in the morning. If it gets cold during the day in a room we've got small electric heaters we run. The house is a 2004 bungalow with double-glazed windows (some of which leak and we're in the process of replacing.) It's pretty well insulated, with cavity insulation (the spray-in gray balls) and a well insulated attic that I insulated myself with fibreglass batting.


    Another thought is a heat pump, but can you really expect a retrofitted heat pump to work well with existing radiators? There's no chance we can go to in-floor heating, we don't want to rip all the flooring up. And it seems like heat pumps are extremely expensive to install, I only see them used out here (West Kerry) on new homes.


    Suggestions welcome, I'm leaning towards relocating the tank and putting in a new Firebird or Grant with the exhausted vented upwards so it doesn't blow back in anymore. But, electric is intriguing too.


    Thank you



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  • #2
    franglan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,387 ✭✭✭franglan


    We moved from an indoor firebird like yourself for similar reasons to a Grant Vortex, have it on a very low setting and its extremely efficient on kerosene and removes that smell from a 25 year firebird indoors!



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