Wood pellet boilers?

butterflymum

Jon-boy wrote: »

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.

The RHI scheme does not apply to Northern Ireland.

motorguy

We have one, combined with underfloor heating, in a new build house.

There are a lot of things to be aware of.

Firstly, the storage bin for the pellets is bigger than that of oil. You need to be able to store approx 4 tonnes of pellets as thats pretty much the minimum delivery.

Its worth making sure you get a self cleaning unit. Apart from anything they work at a higher effective rate because they are running clean.

The units are significantly more expensive than oil burners and require additional fittings such as an auger to draw the pellets into the burner.

You do get what you pay for also.

We're aiming for a payback period of around 7 years. ie, we expect it to save us £1000 a year in fuel costs, and it cost around £7K more than a standard oil installation.

motorguy

jascilmil wrote: »

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.

I would be very surprised if you were getting an 80% saving compared to oil prices. I think its around 30-40%.

motorguy

We used Green Energy for our Wood Pellet Burner, underfloor heating and our Solar panels.

http://www.greenenergytechnologylimited.com

Blackfort

Installed a 29Kw Viadrus multi-fuel boiler (Kotly.com) last April.
4 bedroom chalet bungalow, pressurized system, heated to min 20 degrees every night from 7.30 - 11.00 with hot water along with similar heat following morning from 6.00 - 8.00. Most importantly -huge reduction in oil used.
The system has the boiler as mentioned and a 750L buffer tank and is piggy backing off the oil boiler. The heating control panel in the house still operates the oil burner. It draws water from the buffer tank. If the water is already heated in the buffer tank it is sent into the house as required and the oil does not kick in. My fuel in autumn was turf and logs but have found with recent temps of -15 that coal was needed to get radiators warm enough. 2 bags of coal (£28) would easily cover a week's usage.
I bought 100 gal of oil in April which is still going. I'm not going to kid anyone that this is perfect because it requires me to look in every 2 - 2 and half hours. I'll live with it because with oil at £280 per gal and rising it's the best option for me.

motorguy

Blackfort wrote: »

Installed a 29Kw Viadrus multi-fuel boiler (Kotly.com) last April.
4 bedroom chalet bungalow, pressurized system, heated to min 20 degrees every night from 7.30 - 11.00 with hot water along with similar heat following morning from 6.00 - 8.00. Most importantly -huge reduction in oil used.
The system has the boiler as mentioned and a 750L buffer tank and is piggy backing off the oil boiler. The heating control panel in the house still operates the oil burner. It draws water from the buffer tank. If the water is already heated in the buffer tank it is sent into the house as required and the oil does not kick in. My fuel in autumn was turf and logs but have found with recent temps of -15 that coal was needed to get radiators warm enough. 2 bags of coal (£28) would easily cover a week's usage.
I bought 100 gal of oil in April which is still going. I'm not going to kid anyone that this is perfect because it requires me to look in every 2 - 2 and half hours. I'll live with it because with oil at £280 per gal and rising it's the best option for me.

What sq foot is your house?

Blackfort

pgilc1 wrote: »

What sq foot is your house?

Sorry Paul, Have no idea! Kitchen/Dining, Living Room, 2 Beds, Bathroom downstairs. 2 Beds, Bathroom upstairs.
Also, since I started using coal, have discovered all coal is not the same. Bought some bags that burn very poorly, but that's probably for another thread.

pennywise2

"I bought 100 gal of oil in April which is still going. I'm not going to kid anyone that this is perfect because it requires me to look in every 2 - 2 and half hours. I'll live with it because with oil at £280 per gal and rising it's the best option for me. "

You spent £28,000 on oil ????:eek:

Blackfort

pennywise2 wrote: »

"I bought 100 gal of oil in April which is still going. I'm not going to kid anyone that this is perfect because it requires me to look in every 2 - 2 and half hours. I'll live with it because with oil at £280 per gal and rising it's the best option for me. "

You spent £28,000 on oil ????:eek:

Oops! slight typo there - 100 gallon obviously, but the way things are going it mightn't be too long before this is true.

Website for anyone as sad as me who wants to check oil prices - www. consumercouncil. org .uk

pennywise2

Only pulling your leg Blackfort , apologies .
Seems like a good system you have set up there , i know what you mean regards it not being perfect , takes a wee bit of babysitting .
I have an 11kw multi fuel running to a twin coil cylinder to get hot water and a 1.8 m vertical rad as a heat leak , not quite the same league as yourself but it serves my purpose for now and defo helps in reducing heating oil bills .
Interested to know your findings regards coal as i am still experimenting .

Regards pennywise2