complimentary electric system with multifuel burner

Towser · 30 November 2012 at 6:30AM

Hello,
We have a multifuel Rayburn which does the water, heating, cooking and drying. The problem is we have to start a fire to get it all going. No good for getting out of bed in the morning when cold. We have never been able to keep the fire in.

Wanted-complimentary electric system that can be switched on via thermostat for short spells when the temperature drops or when we can't be bothered with the pfaff. The house in unevenly heated too-maybe we should have thermostats in each room. Is there such a system which is the best?

The warmfront surveyor is coming to visit/inspect but wanted to know what I am talking about first, to get the best service.

Do you know of such a system?

SEE · 30 November 2012 at 7:50AM

Towser wrote: »

Hello,
We have a multifuel Rayburn which does the water, heating, cooking and drying. The problem is we have to start a fire to get it all going. No good for getting out of bed in the morning when cold. We have never been able to keep the fire in.

Wanted-complimentary electric system that can be switched on via thermostat for short spells when the temperature drops or when we can't be bothered with the pfaff. The house in unevenly heated too-maybe we should have thermostats in each room. Is there such a system which is the best?

The warmfront surveyor is coming to visit/inspect but wanted to know what I am talking about first, to get the best service.

Do you know of such a system?

I use cheap electric radiators from Argos on a timer for when I'm ill and for emergencies.
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/4152181.htm#pdpProductReviews

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/9822894.htm

muckybutt · 30 November 2012 at 9:03AM

I think the op is on about a wet boiler being linked into the rayburn ?

There are electric boilers, but they are hellish expensive to run. Might be a right royal pain in the !!! to install as i'm pretty sure elec boilers are pressurised systems whereas the rayburn will be gravity fed so quite a bit of pipe work to alter and the need for a neutraliser or H2 panel both of which are not cheap.

I would be surprised if warmfront were going to be able to do that, what I can imagin they saying is - we'll put you a new gas boiler in.

Towser · 30 September 2014 at 10:38PM

Long time between posts as I have had to think about it. LOL

Instead of ripping out our current system I want to make it better.

I think the op is on about a wet boiler being linked into the Rayburn ?

You are absolutely right of course although was also considering the use of a thermal store.

A heating engineer visited our system and said basically the same as muckybutt.

There are electric boilers, but they are hellish expensive to run. Might be a right royal pain in the !!! to install as

Will only use, mostly in the mornings when the fire has gone out and the temperature drops. An electric version of a combi boiler. Tricky system because of all the valves and thermometers to fit.

I will keep in mind:

i'm pretty sure elec boilers are pressurized systems whereas the Rayburn will be gravity fed so quite a bit of pipe work to alter and the need for a neutralizer or H2 panel both of which are not cheap

.

Are there any grants for this type of thing as we have a disabled child? I think that is where the use of Warmfront is unknown.

I eagerly await the next installment of this saga.

Smiley_Dan · 1 October 2014 at 8:46AM

You can certainly install Rayburns as a heat source in a thermal store, I suppose this way you could over-run it and have excess heat available for other times. Not sure how hard you'll find it to get someone to work on this... bit more specialised than common or garden gas boiler installations

Towser · 1 October 2014 at 9:49AM

Can anybody make a recommendation please in the HP23 area?

Cardew · 1 October 2014 at 9:53AM

For the type of system(s) you are considering, your outlay will be £thousands.

As suggested in post#2 why not get some cheap heaters from Argos or similar. For a very small capital outlay you can have thermostatically controlled heaters with timers and even remote control.

Obviously electrical heating is expensive to run, but they will only be on until you get the Rayburn fire going.

Another suggestion is to buy a Grenadier electric firelighter. Again expensive to purchase, but no need for paper/kindling. You simply put coal or wood in the Rayburn and point the firelighter at the fuel and it ignites.

Smiley_Dan · 1 October 2014 at 10:09AM

Is the Rayburn fed with free fuel? Either that, or renewables, is the only way of making a thermal store pay for itself, I would think.

Towser · 1 October 2014 at 1:40PM

Grenadier electric firelighter

I shall have to get one of them.

Is the Rayburn fed with free fuel?

I am still hoping to make a contact on Arbtalk for regular free arbwaste but I have been waiting nearly a year so far. I have been successful with securing a van load here and there. It just depends who comes on the forum and keeps in touch. One person has said they have received two years supply in one hit.

Failing that I may have to do a chainsaw course and fetch some wood off common land. I don't intend to pay for my wood and keep on having to think outside the box to make contacts to receive wood by only legal methods of course.

The whole thing is tricky that's why I have taken so long mulling over the possibilities.

Smiley_Dan · 1 October 2014 at 2:47PM

In that case I can see why you are doing it. You're going to be battling constantly though. I also purchase felled wood from tree surgeons. It's a lot cheaper than "log man" but it's not free. I'd file the Arbtalk under "too good to be true". It might work out once or twice, but you need a reliable supply.

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