celeste Posted July 9, 2008 Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 We're seriously thinking about changing our heating, our oil boiler is needing replaced anyway and I'm thinking of either an Air to Water heat exchange system or one of those boilers that uses wood or wood pellets to heat the house, just wondered if anybody had either of these systems,( i have a vague memory that someone had mentioned the had a wood fueled heating system) and wondered what they were like to run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nouggatti Posted July 9, 2008 Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 My BIL has the geotherm system where they extract heat from the ground (Deep down) and it has replaced their oil system completely. His system controls the temperature of the entire house to be a constant 20 degrees and provides them with loads of hot water. He says that once the initia install was done, the costs of running it is far far less than oil (they went through I think five fills of oil a year), but it was expensive to install. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celeste Posted July 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 He says that once the initia install was done, the costs of running it is far far less than oil (they went through I think five fills of oil a year), but it was expensive to install. Thats why I'm thinking of the air exchange, it's supposed to be lot cheaper to install and obviously you don't need to dig a trench/borehole, although I doubt there would sufficient access to our garden for the digger anyway, and the Scottish government are doing a grant scheme where you get up to 4 grand towards the cost Thanks for the reply Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judith gsd Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 We have just put over £900 of oil in our tank. We do have cavity wall insulation, double glazing, and even some expensive solar panels, so we have done our bit without any help from grants. However, am wondering if we should install a boiler that will take logs, as my son does some work in tree surgery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celeste Posted July 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 However, am wondering if we should install a boiler that will take logs, as my son does some work in tree surgery. I would seriously think about it, you may be elligable for a grant, most councils seem to be doing them. If you have a bit of a google you should be able to find out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tegk68 Posted July 12, 2008 Report Share Posted July 12, 2008 Shortly, well 3/4 months time our house will be heated by a wood fueled boiler and solar, and nothing else, which feed into the same tank. I will get back to you after the w/e about how we propose to do this, if of interest? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celeste Posted July 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2008 Shortly, well 3/4 months time our house will be heated by a wood fueled boiler and solar, and nothing else, which feed into the same tank. I will get back to you after the w/e about how we propose to do this, if of interest? Oooo, brilliant, yes please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachel Posted July 13, 2008 Report Share Posted July 13, 2008 Shortly, well 3/4 months time our house will be heated by a wood fueled boiler and solar, and nothing else, which feed into the same tank. I will get back to you after the w/e about how we propose to do this, if of interest? Given the current fuel and financial situation here, we would also be very interested in this if you would be happy to share it with us Helen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owl Posted July 13, 2008 Report Share Posted July 13, 2008 I am interested as well. The cottage I am moving into in Sept has a log burner, about to be replaced by a bigger one which wil hopefully heat the whole place. It currently has an oil Aga and oil central heating, prohibitive to run, plus white meter electric for hot water. Can someone explain what air exchange is? Are you talking about the Amplifaire system? BTW if for those trying wood burners for the first time, start getting wood in now to dry it out and get a set of chimney-sweeping rods & brushes. Wood, especially softwood, gunges up the chimney with resin so you need to do a frequent sweep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judith gsd Posted July 13, 2008 Report Share Posted July 13, 2008 I am interested as well. The cottage I am moving into in Sept has a log burner, about to be replaced by a bigger one which wil hopefully heat the whole place. It currently has an oil Aga and oil central heating, prohibitive to run, plus white meter electric for hot water. Can someone explain what air exchange is? Are you talking about the Amplifaire system? BTW if for those trying wood burners for the first time, start getting wood in now to dry it out and get a set of chimney-sweeping rods & brushes. Wood, especially softwood, gunges up the chimney with resin so you need to do a frequent sweep. I agree with the last comments, we did have a chimney fire some years ago, and we could have lost everything if we hadn't been in . We took our chimney out when we built the loft extension, and now I wish we hadn't! We too have an oil type of Aga, it is a make called Sandyford, the model is Sherlock. But it does have a condensing boiler, supposed to be very efficient. But with the price of oil as it is! Perhaps we should club together to buy at a discount from somewhere!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celeste Posted July 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 Can someone explain what air exchange is? Are you talking about the Amplifaire system? Not sure what the Amplifaire thing is but the one I'm meaning is an Air to Water heat exchange system, you can also get Air to Air ones but they only heat one room. Air to Water is basicly a fridge in reverse, it's a unit that you have on an outside wall which draws in cold air, does something dead clever and extracts heat from the air, it then pumps that heat into your house and heats water, which then gets pumped into your radiators and hot water tank. It's a lot cheaper and easier to fit than a Ground Source HP and you can have it fitted by an up to date plumber rather than a hugely expensive specialist fitter, I got a lot of good info of the forum on the Moneysaving expert site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReikiAnge Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 No advice but I KEEP reading this topic as Alternative Healing and it's driving me mad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngieK9 Posted July 15, 2008 Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 We're thinking of getting wood burning stoves for the living rooms but OH says the chimneys will need lining (which will cost a lot). He can get loads of wood that is thrown away where he works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celeste Posted July 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 We're thinking of getting wood burning stoves for the living rooms but OH says the chimneys will need lining (which will cost a lot). He can get loads of wood that is thrown away where he works. I'm sure you can line your own chimbley, Ed lined the flue for our oil boiler with a liner he got from B&Q, but perhaps chimblies are diffrent to flues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owl Posted July 15, 2008 Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 Amplifaire was a central heating system with a stove which would burn anything and produced an incredible amount of heat because of the way the air circulated inside it. I think that firm is no more Thanks for explaining the heat exchange system, will investigate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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