Anyone still using a solid fuel Rayburn?

bemak

I'm refurbishing an old farmhouse and part of the works will involve putting in a new heating system - there's nothing in the house at present apart from one or two storage heaters. I was going to install an oil fired boiler and supplement it with a solid fuel rayburn in the kitchen. The house is in the sticks on the west coast and would sometimes be without power in bad weather - so the thinking is the rayburn could heat the house and allow for some cooking when required. Apart from that it would be nice to have it on in the winter months to balance the use of oil.

Just wondering if people who currently have a similar setup would recommend it or would they likely just get rid of it in favour of a cleaner system?

Lewis_Benson

Do you have access to good quality dry firewood and/or turf?

bemak

I would ya - have a lot of trees on the farm, and will need to fell a few ash in the near future as they are dying out and need to be taken down safely.

Lewis_Benson

Then I would go for it.

bemak

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119832840#Comment_119832840

Do you have one too?

Lewis_Benson

No I have a 20 year old Stanley Erin stove.

A rayburn would be lovely. They give of great heat, and you can cook on them

bemak

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119833421#Comment_119833421

That's what I was thinking - would be handy for when the power goes. Also nice to be able to supplement the heating with wood to save on using oil all the time.

Ubbquittious

If you are running rads off it you will need some backup power source to run your circulation pump, like small inverter with a few batteries or a UPS. Unless you are one of the lucky feicers who can run the whole thing off a gravity system