Hi,
My Mother had a solid fuel stove with back boiler installed last year.. From day one there are been problems with it,Leaking at first had to get plumbers back out to put extra tank in attick etc... When these problems where finally solved and we could light the stove properly we discovered that it was not heating the rads(only luke warm on a good day). She has tried different types of fuel etc.. Eventually we got friend of family who is apprentice plumber to have a look and after a lot of looking he said that the wrong size copper pipes were installed 1/4 inch pipes not inch pipes, and there is not enough pressure to push water into rads..After falling out with builder who installed it because he said the stove was not big enough to heat rads(15-20 we were told in shop)and we have 17 rads, my mother is at her wits end because alot of money was spent on it and she still has to use oil heating all the time..Could anyone shed some light on this problem?? Sorry for long post.....Thank you...
My Mother had a solid fuel stove with back boiler installed last year.. From day one there are been problems with it,Leaking at first had to get plumbers back out to put extra tank in attick etc... When these problems where finally solved and we could light the stove properly we discovered that it was not heating the rads(only luke warm on a good day). She has tried different types of fuel etc.. Eventually we got friend of family who is apprentice plumber to have a look and after a lot of looking he said that the wrong size copper pipes were installed 1/4 inch pipes not inch pipes, and there is not enough pressure to push water into rads..After falling out with builder who installed it because he said the stove was not big enough to heat rads(15-20 we were told in shop)and we have 17 rads, my mother is at her wits end because alot of money was spent on it and she still has to use oil heating all the time..Could anyone shed some light on this problem?? Sorry for long post.....Thank you...