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Fitting a solid fuel stove

  • 13-01-2011 7:38pm
    #1
    studdlymurphy
    Registered Users Posts: 827 ✭✭✭


    Hi all,
    Im planning on fitting a solid fuel stove with a back boiler to my house.
    The existing fire has an out of action back boiler that leaked so we changed to oil central heating which is fine nut we still light the fire. To me lighting the fire without a back boiler is a waste. My plan is install a soild fuel boiler with a back boiler and plumb it to the existing plumbing for the old back boiler in the fireplace. Does anybody have any experience of this? Any advice at all would be great.
    Thanks
    Murphy


Comments

  • #2
    650gs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 789 ✭✭✭650gs


    Be sure to get an experienced plumber to do this job its not a diy job, its not just a case of connecting up two pipes like a back boiler, a stove runs at very high temperatures so if not done right can be very dangerous


  • #3
    slave1
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 19,081 Mod ✭✭✭✭slave1


    Replaced my working back boiler late last year with a stove, all I can advise is that the back boiler was fitted without a blow off valve (as pointed out by plumber) which was not correct so had one installed when putting in the stove.
    If your circulation pump fails and the pressure in the stove builds above a certain level the blow off valve engages and empties the water from the stove (circa 9L in my case), okay I'll have some water to contend with, but better than a stove littered across my sitting room!!


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