Wood pellet boilers?

BatCat

Hi,
Has anyone considered getting or got one of these? I know they have grants available through the Energy Saving trust which would take some of the sting out of it. Our boiler is on its last legs at the moment and with oil prices not looking to go down any time soon this seems like a good way to kill two birds with one stone.
Cheers,
BatCat

wacko911

quoted £4600 for a 3 bedroom simi bungalow, didnt get the 50% grant as I was too late applying there is one now offering 25%. I think it was a 50% saving on the cost of oil. never went for it seemed very expensive to install, could prob get it done for less than 3K.

arkonite_babe

You might get some advice here:
http://www.lowcarbonbuildings.org.uk/home/

jetboy

I think the installation price will rectify itself fairly soon. It appears that installers of these boilers are effectively adding the grant received onto the price hence they pocket the grant and you pay what you would normally pay for an oil boiler.

attritioner

Some useful info here and a local company

http://www.ruralgeneration.com/Biomass%20Boilers.htm

elliemoo

We would like to go in this direction, but they all seem very large. Not sure if they are suitable for a semi in a built up area, like mine.

nickcardwell

was told the storage requirements for wood pellets is about 3 times the size on an oil tank. Also a guy in work has got one in, his storage container is roughly 8ft by 8ft by 8ft.

Retired_I.F.A.

edit : oops thought i was on the fishing forum there for a mo, boilies and pellets are great for carp doubt wood uns are though

BatCat

Thanks folks!!
8X8X8???
AGH!!! possibly too large for my garden. I'll have a look at the links and see what comes up.
Thanks again,
BatCat

jascilmil

Went to view these boilers recently http://www.solarthermal.co.uk/images/main.htm (see windhager Biowin) and we were assured that with current oil prices (at 70p/l) there was an 80% saving to be made with purchasing the wood pellets. It certainly appears to be a very impressive piece of kit.

We are about to build our new home and are toying in with the idea of installing something like this to avoid astronomical oil or lpg bills. Not cheap to buy at around £10,000 (!!!!) but if mains gas isn't an option you would soon recoup that after filling your oil tank a few times.

Jon-boy_3

You don't have to worry about the cost of a wood pellet boiler - I've just been reading on WoodPellets2U website that you can get one for free!

Under the governments Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) - Basically the government will pay you to buy a new wood pellet boiler altogether!

Interesting website - they explain all very simply - RHI, getting a new boiler, getting an MCS fitter and how to get your money back for the stove or boiler.