ob1
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Anyone here use a wood pellet or log boiler?Hi guys,
Most people in the UK are on the gas network, and use that to heat their homes. I live out in the kent countryside and my village is not connected. Some of you guys know that I've been converting an old chapel into a house for the past 2 yrs. Although we've been living in the house for most of the year, we still don't have a boiler. Now that winter is getting close and the evenings are getting colder, I've got to get something fitted. pretty much everyone else in the village uses oil, but thats a bit of a non starter these days. I am probably going to fit a wood pellet/ grain boiler. I've been looking at various models, but the one that I'm seriously considering is a Woodmaster plus AFS 900. The reason I'm bringing it up is that it is an american product, and I wanted to find out if any of my brothers and sisters from across the pond have any experience with this company. One of the reasons for going with one of these is that these type of boilers are very large and have to go outside. As I haven't built my garage yet, most wood boilers would need to go into a shed of some description, the woodmaster comes pre built into its own shed and so I don't need to put one up and then move it into the garage later (saving me quite a lot of money).
Anyway, if any of you can give me any advice either on this product or these type of boilers in general I'd be very grateful
Mark
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jdc
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sounds a great project Mark  I bet Bitsy with her thin blood is putting on her thermals after reading your post 
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Jimbits76
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I've been known to produce a log.
I've been known to produce a pellet.
I've been known to produce an puddle of oil.
Over to Bubbsy!
J
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ob1
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Thanks Martin, Bittsy's already cast his eyes over the plans.
And Googlybear, Trust you to find a joke in the incredibly boring world of boilers
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uncle aj
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| ob1 wrote: | Thanks Martin, Bittsy's already cast his eyes over the plans.
And Googlybear, Trust you to find a joke in the incredibly boring world of boilers |
I'll bet he's dated a few in his time.
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daveathall
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It gets cold in Kent?
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ob1
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I wouldn't say its freezing here, but Lou will kill me if I don't sort this out before the end of the month
I'm just putting on the pot for some Yorkshire tea now dave!
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daveathall
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Have you thought about bottled gas Mark?
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BigBird
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| daveathall wrote: | | Have you thought about bottled gas Mark? |
Oh god, lets hope ole' ChiliPepper76 does not read the above post.
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ob1
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| BigBird wrote: | | daveathall wrote: | | Have you thought about bottled gas Mark? |
Oh god, lets hope ole' ChiliPepper76 does not read the above post. |
I did think about channelling all the hot air from this forum though!
Bottled gas is a bit of a non starter dave. Its quite expensive to use and I'd get a big red X on my energy rating. By using a renewable form, like pellets, I get a big green tick and a grant from the government towards it
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Tools
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Wish I could help you........
Most who need heat now days around here (and don't yet have gas) put in an outside large propane tank and have it delivered.
That way they have the gas heaters and sometimes even stoves (ranges) so when the gas line does come by, they only need to change out the valves...
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uncle aj
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| ob1 wrote: | | BigBird wrote: | | daveathall wrote: | | Have you thought about bottled gas Mark? |
Oh god, lets hope ole' ChiliPepper76 does not read the above post. |
I did think about channelling all the hot air from this forum though!
Bottled gas is a bit of a non starter dave. Its quite expensive to use and I'd get a big red X on my energy rating. By using a renewable form, like pellets, I get a big green tick and a grant from the government towards it |
You could use the steam from some of the old geysers (sic) on here.
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Jimbits76
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Mark if you have trouble with a SAP and EPC give me a shout, I'll see what I can do!
Jim
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Jimbits76
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| uncle aj wrote: | | ob1 wrote: | Thanks Martin, Bittsy's already cast his eyes over the plans.
And Googlybear, Trust you to find a joke in the incredibly boring world of boilers |
I'll bet he's dated a few in his time. |
That made me laugh out loud, I needed that!
J
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ob1
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| uncle aj wrote: | | ob1 wrote: | | BigBird wrote: | | daveathall wrote: | | Have you thought about bottled gas Mark? |
Oh god, lets hope ole' ChiliPepper76 does not read the above post. |
I did think about channelling all the hot air from this forum though!
Bottled gas is a bit of a non starter dave. Its quite expensive to use and I'd get a big red X on my energy rating. By using a renewable form, like pellets, I get a big green tick and a grant from the government towards it |
You could use the steam from some of the old geysers (sic) on here. |
You don't get older AJ, just better!
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uncle aj
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| ob1 wrote: | | uncle aj wrote: | | ob1 wrote: | | BigBird wrote: | | daveathall wrote: | | Have you thought about bottled gas Mark? |
Oh god, lets hope ole' ChiliPepper76 does not read the above post. |
I did think about channelling all the hot air from this forum though!
Bottled gas is a bit of a non starter dave. Its quite expensive to use and I'd get a big red X on my energy rating. By using a renewable form, like pellets, I get a big green tick and a grant from the government towards it |
You could use the steam from some of the old geysers (sic) on here. |
You don't get older AJ, just better! |
I do hope so Mark.
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ob1
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| Jimbits76 wrote: | Mark if you have trouble with a SAP and EPC give me a shout, I'll see what I can do!
Jim |
Thanks mate . My TER is 20.43, my DER is 19.30 and my SAP is 78. I can probably get away with a 15kw boiler and a wood stove for when it drops below zero (not very often in the garden of England), but the american boiler I'm looking at goes up to a whopping 30kw or 100,000btu's. We've got underfloor heating and you can only turn it up so high before you burn your feet, hence maybe getting a wood stove for a top up. I've fitted so much insulation (you could have built another house out of it) that we'll hold off on the stove for now and see how we get on
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uncle aj
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| ob1 wrote: | | Jimbits76 wrote: | Mark if you have trouble with a SAP and EPC give me a shout, I'll see what I can do!
Jim |
Thanks mate . My TER is 20.43, my DER is 19.30 and my SAP is 78. I can probably get away with a 15kw boiler and a wood stove for when it drops below zero (not very often in the garden of England), but the american boiler I'm looking at goes up to a whopping 30kw or 100,000btu's. We've got underfloor heating and you can only turn it up so high before you burn your feet, hence maybe getting a wood stove for a top up. I've fitted so much insulation (you could have built another house out of it) that we'll hold off on the stove for now and see how we get on |
I'll get the red cross to send blankets.
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Jimbits76
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They're some good figures MArk. a 30kw is way too big!
Have you looked at some of the electric dry core boilers...they are 100% efficient of course and a guy I know who does "luxury" (When I say luxury I mean £3-4million coastal barns) uses electric boilers, clean, efficient and not as nearly expensive to run as you think they will be.
J
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ob1
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30 kws is too big, however, the one i'm looking at has its own water tank built in, so it'll heat that, and then you draw water off it. It'll switch itself off when the tank is hot, and then back on again when the temp has gone down, so its not like most pellet boilers (that don't have their own tanks). This one has been offered to me at a real steal, about £2500 off the retail, which as well as the fact it comes in its own outdoor unit its looking very attractive to me.
I have never heard of electric dry core boilers, i'll google them now. if you have any good links to manufacturers please let me know.
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