Heating with Woodchips

[skyhuck]

Normally chip boilers are built too be fairly efficient, as the owner will be buying the chip, for this they need good quality chip.

 

For us the amount of chip it burns (within reason) is not an issue.

 

So if you can build a boiler at the right price, that will burn fresh chip, its got to be a winner!!

[Buzz]

Surely though you will be using so much of the heat in the boiler to combust the fresh chip coming in that it will be very very ineffcient even if you do have access to large amounts of chip ?

 

Tradtional problems with woodchip fired installations are chip quality as the infeed systems are frankly crap and jam up all to easy. If the chip infeed is automatic and it jams while your at work your going to have either a very cold house and no hot water or a broken boiler.

 

Personally and I know it's a ball ache i'd stick with log burners if i had access to free wood.

[Buzz]

Oh and corrosion is a HUGE issue with wet chip.

[bob]

would it be nice to look at?

Be a feature?

Run 10 Radiators

[skyhuck]

would it be nice to look at?

Be a feature?

Run 10 Radiators

 

And need some mug to put logs on it every hour?

[skyhuck]

Oh! and need some mug too cut,split and dry said logs!!

[bob]

And need some mug to put logs on it every hour?

 

but we cook on it and boil kettles toast and crumpets,chestnuts and they are romantic

and the wifey likes cutting up wood splitting it and carrying it in

Wheras i enjoy keeping it topped up

[Charlieh]

two kettles? blimey someone enjoys a brew

[Mick Stockbridge]

two kettles? blimey someone enjoys a brew

 

And a hooter on the mantle to beckon the wife......Like it.

[skyhuck]

but we cook on it and boil kettles toast and crumpets,chestnuts and they are romantic

and the wifey likes cutting up wood splitting it and carrying it in

Wheras i enjoy keeping it topped up

 

I can't really argue with that Bob.