Stove Back Boiler Query

Redkite200

We moved into a new house that has a Stanley Stove that heats the boiler.

The house has standard oil (Kero) heating the rads and an immersion switch to heat the water.

You can see the recirculation pump in the pic as well. There was a number lit up on that like '43' or something last night also.

See pics attached.

We lit a fire and we checked the rads downstairs were not airlocked.

The stove fire was going for 2-3 hours but it didnt heat the rads bar barely to a lukewarm level.

I haven't had a setup like this before and it obviously wasn't explained to us before moving in.

Feel a bit silly asking but can someone who might have a similar setup explain how we can utilise it to heat the rads up properly as we dont want to be relying on the oil through the winter with the costs involved etc.

Am not sure if we need to adjust settings or there's a switch am oblivious too etc?

Theres also a temperature control dial on the side of the stove like a 1-5 job for regulating the output. We had that set to 3

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oinkely

We have a back boiler stove also.

First up it heats the water in the cylinder via the gravity loop (or convection or something like that - essentially hot water rises and goes through the coil inside the tank and then returns to the cylinder cooler than it was before). When the water returning to the boiler reaches a pre-set temperature (the pipe stat in your fist pic checks this) it turns on the pump and pumps the water around the radiators.

If you want hotter rads at the expense of hot water in the cylinder you can turn the pipe stat to a cooler temp and it will turn on the pump earlier and send the water to the rads.

Note that it can take a lot of energy (fuel in the fire) to raise the temperature of the water in the cylinder sufficiently for the pump to come on to send the hot water to the radiators.

We run the stove around 1 or 2 on the stat on the side of it as much higher and it flies through fuel and also occasionally boils the water in the back boiler. For us it's better to run it lower for longer.

Hope that helps a bit.

10-10-20

That wood that you're using in the red mesh bag is normally softwood (damp stuff usually too) and not hardwood. Softwood doesn't give much heat and burns rapidly. Best invest in some dried hardwood like ash, oak or birch etc, while you work out the use of the stove.

Lenar3556

The amount and quality of fuel you are using might be part of the issue.

As per previous posters, boiler stoves will need a lot of good quality fuel to heat radiators.

Is it going to be cheaper than oil? Maybe if you have your own supply. For for many people the answer is no.

Redkite200

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Very helpful thank you