Optimistic
You mentioned in a previous mail you had issues with Solar panels. Were they flat or Tubular and why would you not recommend them.
I am at the building stage and had given the WPB and solar panel option serious consideration
Hi
I am considering going with a wood pellet boiler in new build. Can anyone clear up a couple of queries for me.
During the Summer months can space heating be switched of, and the WPB only used for heating water?
Will the WPB work well with radiators, instead of UFH?
I am building in the midlands, anyone have good experiences with a boiler/installer they would recommend.
Hi, WPB can be used for whatever you want/require heating for, well at least ours does. No problem with radiators only, a mix of rads and UFH and DHW. This is the way ours is connected. Our fitter/supplier had fitters/installers/agents in the midlands now. He fits there himself also, well at least he used. I am not an agent for the Windhager, just happy with it.
Optimistic.
Lads,
after reading thru the posts I still see no proof that pellet burners are economical. The only real proof is reporting the total cost for a complete year. Given that and the size of the house you'll be able to estimate. If you dont go thru a winter then you just cannot say.
On solar panels - avoid - they dont work.
On wind turbines - avoid - they dont work.
South facing windows - they do work and they're cheap.
Avoid any heating source that supplments or pre heats the water - pointless - either it does the job 100% or not.
Fact - Cost of heating the hot water needs for my house with 4 clean people and a daily clothes wash and dishwash = one euro. GET THAT!. Conslcusion - never consider the saving to be made on providing hot water - its just not worth making.
Undefloor heating - fantastic. However the system and esp. the boiler must be installed properly - I've found that many plumers and electricians that install under floor heating systems do them wrong. Mine did 6 UHF systems a year and still did them wrong. UHF systems get a bad press because of wrong plumber installation.
Wood pellet burners.
Two of my neighbours have them. Have yet to go thru one winter so I cant say how they are getting on. You'll have to add a high rise silo - expensive and ugly.
Geothermal - a guy in a heating boiler wholesalers said surface piping systems dont work and the drill down pipe method does - take from that what you will.
btw one of the neighbours wood pellet burners was wired wrong and as a result was running 4 times more expensive than my gas boiler.
I use gas. Two years ago when I did a new build there were no incentives to go alternative. Will swap systems when I see one that genuinely works. There will be more in the future and they will get cheaper and smaller. The 'real' cost of going alternative is still pretty huge.
The thing is those who do try something new are very relucant to admit if it is not performing as well as the hoped.
It was a neighbour that built the large silo - I guess to economise on refils.
My experience of plumbers unfortunately is that few are actually good at their jobs. Luckily for them there is always demand.
quite possibly true.Lads,
after reading thru the posts I still see no proof that pellet burners are economical. The only real proof is reporting the total cost for a complete year. Given that and the size of the house you'll be able to estimate. If you dont go thru a winter then you just cannot say.
Nonsense.On solar panels - avoid - they dont work.
A lot of rubbish out there, I agree. Big commercial ones do, but there again that explains the price.........On wind turbines - avoid - they dont work.
...so long as your planners agree great. If not, tough, you'll have to go with what they say - energy efficiency won't come into and we don't all have the ability to rotate our houses......South facing windows - they do work and they're cheap.
Again, nonsense. It's physics. Water that's 40 deg only needs a 20 deg lift to 60. 10 degree water needs a 50 degree lift. The bigger the lift, the more energy it'll take to heat it. Sounds to me like you have control system issues..........I know I do with mine, btw.......Avoid any heating source that supplments or pre heats the water - pointless - either it does the job 100% or not.
....can't say, my solar heats most of mine........so how to cost ?Fact - Cost of heating the hot water needs for my house with 4 clean people and a daily clothes wash and dishwash = one euro. GET THAT!. Conslcusion - never consider the saving to be made on providing hot water - its just not worth making.
Yes. Damhik......Undefloor heating - fantastic. However the system and esp. the boiler must be installed properly - I've found that many plumers and electricians that install under floor heating systems do them wrong. Mine did 6 UHF systems a year and still did them wrong. UHF systems get a bad press because of wrong plumber installation.
Big, yes. Ugly, indeed. Expensive. Yep.Wood pellet burners.
Two of my neighbours have them. Have yet to go thru one winter so I cant say how they are getting on. You'll have to add a high rise silo - expensive and ugly.
Maybe so, but the glaciers determine whether your deep drill works or not, and unless you've a movable site, you won't know 'til you drill. Expensive guesswork.Geothermal - a guy in a heating boiler wholesalers said surface piping systems dont work and the drill down pipe method does - take from that what you will.
...can happen to any system....damhik.........btw one of the neighbours wood pellet burners was wired wrong and as a result was running 4 times more expensive than my gas boiler.
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