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Have gas boiler - Is adding wood burner combo a good idea ?

  • 01-09-2024 10:02pm
    #1
    worded
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,639 ✭✭✭


    Have gas boiler

    Have wood stove. Considering swapping for water heater type stove

    Id imagine I have a manual switch to let stove heat the rads and not the gas boiler

    Is this idea prone to issues (best left as is) or a no brainer?



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  • #2
    Lenar3556
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,712 ✭✭✭Lenar3556


    You could potentially do it, but it’s not usually a great idea, or worth the hassle.

    Boiler stoves take a lot more fuel, require careful plumbing to integrate, and will limit your control options.

    I would say stick to the room heater.



  • #3
    pale rider
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 335 ✭✭pale rider


    I have that system, it took me ten years of fiddling with it after installation to get it right but I would not be without it, it’s a Stanley Erin Boiler stove, it heats water and rads, gas boiler is used only in very cold weather to give rads a boost,

    Rads never get the same heat using it as the gas boiler can achieve.

    top tip / only get it fitted if your guys have experience with them.



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