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Where to buy a back boiler

  • 03-03-2009 9:31am
    #1
    purerandom
    Registered Users Posts: 244 ✭✭


    hi, i am in the market for a back boiler and was wondering what is the best place to buy one, new or 2nd hand preferably in the galway area. Also are there any models i should be partial too and any i should stay clear of?

    I am putting a back boiler in behind an open solid fuel fire.


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  • #2
    Poor Uncle Tom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,546 ✭✭✭✭Poor Uncle Tom


    Any good hardware's merchants will have them.

    Have you thought this one through?
    They can be a very good asset, they can also be a waste of money, depending on your circumstances.

    How far is the draw to the cylinder?
    Is the cylinder in a hotpress already or will it be new?
    How often do you use the fire?
    Your central heating is it rads or UF?
    Is your house single or two storey?


  • #3
    purerandom
    Registered Users Posts: 244 ✭✭purerandom


    appreciate the info Uncle Tom.
    the fire will be used almost every evening, the central heating is rads, and its a 2 storey.
    My plumbing\heating knowledge is zero. The hot press is almost directly over this fire and contains a large cylinder.

    how much will the back boiler cost and then how much should i be paying a plumber to fit it would you think?

    thanks again


  • #4
    Poor Uncle Tom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,546 ✭✭✭✭Poor Uncle Tom


    All the info you give are plusses, imo.
    If your cylinder does not have a spare coil (and why would it) you will need to replace it. You will also need copper/stainless pipework to and from the cylinder and back boiler, you will also need an expansion tank, usually in the attic space. All in about €4,000 I would say. Make sure all works are lagged properly.

    The main drawback from using a back boiler is this. If you are using it in conjunction with, say, oil heating, when the fire at the back boiler is not lighting the back boiler is being heated by the oil and used as a radiator itself heating up the chimney breast.

    So if the fireplace with the backboiler is most often lighting, except at the height of summer when no heating is on, then you will be fine. Good Luck.:)


  • #5
    purerandom
    Registered Users Posts: 244 ✭✭purerandom


    thanks for all that, you have been a brilliant help.


  • #6
    RKQ
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,292 ✭✭✭RKQ


    Last October - Client got new back boiler(well known brand) new cylinder, new pipework to hot press etc including labour & vat €1500.:D


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  • #7
    purerandom
    Registered Users Posts: 244 ✭✭purerandom


    thx guys,
    quick question.
    i have 6 rads downstairs and 8 upstairs.
    will an 18" firebird challenger back boiler do the trick?


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