Any plumbers out there? Solid fuel rayburn

[davetaz]

We have a solid fuel Rayburn (wood only) fitted 2 years ago, must comply with building regs and should be installed by HETAS registered engineer.

Our Rayburn and logburner (in living room) heat up a thermal store. this in turn allows us to run 9 rads and all our hot water on demand from direct cold feed (mains pressure).

Absolutely brilliant - cooking, hot water and heating from logs!

[Stereo]

We have a similar setup in the house with a heatstore and underfloor heating supplied by and Esse wood range.

 

Unfortunately, in the work place (shed), the budget won't stretch to a heat store etc. It's going to have to be an ebay job. We'll do it right and I know a pro plumber who will make sure it's all safe. I can get all the SS flu at trade cost so that's a bonus.

 

I just want a good cheap and eco friendly way to keep us and our staff toasty this winter and we have tons and tons of wood knocking about so it's a no brainer really.

[Stereo]

I've had a bit more of a dig into this and it seems the cheapest solid fuel rayburs you can get are the early No.1,2,3, Regent etc. The output on these is about 10,000btu and it says it's not possible to run radiators from them but they should provide 3 hot baths and lots of hot water per day. The parts are cheap too.

 

We don't really use hot water in the unit other than washing hands so I'm wondering if these machines would be up to the job of heating the room they are in (ambient), running one large radiator and a couple towel rails to a reasonable temp.

 

At the end of the day, if we get a 30 gallon indirect cylinder it's just going to get hotter and hotter. You can get the Supreme / Nouvelle range but most have been converted to oil and the boilers are mega money if they have blown.