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    Oil to gas conversion - Removing back boiler?

    Hi all, I am looking some advice regarding our renovations. We have just bought an old house circa late 1930's. We are looking to switch from oil to gas for various reasons one being the showers are electric. My question specifically regards a back boiler in one of the fireplaces. We have had...
    • Big_Bill_Adama
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  2. F

    Open fire Back Boiler

    We got an open fireplace with a back Boiler it also feeds the radiators with a pump, the water goes via the back boiler through a coil under a hot water cylinder heating the hot water. My question is, if the hot water would be connected to a pump EG pumping the water passed the back boiler...
  3. D

    ASHP with back boiler on wood stove, thoughts?

    Interested on thoughts on this (I've also posted on another forum but thought this might be a better place to ask); Long time lurker, have gleamed some great knowledge from this site, finally signed up as I cant find an exact answer to the below. I'm not a heating engineer, but an electrical...
  4. C

    Good morning all, has anyone come across this type of back boiler

    trying to identify this back boiler for safe removal?
  5. S

    old solid fuel Back Boiler leak?

    Hi everyone, im not sure if this is the right forum but here goes, So i have noticed after getting my chimneys cleaned out that the soot from my kitchen chimney is damp and it looks like my old solid fuel back boiler has a leak of some kind. the boiler was put in when the house was built in...
  6. P

    Removing a back boiler

    When removing an old gas fire/back boiler is it ok to loop the feed and return pipes together, we are having a new boiler in the loft but using existing pipes for the radiators. Thanks
  7. G

    Removal of baxi back boiler now i have installed a combi and no heat upstairs

    i have relocated the pipes from the old boiler and remove the hot water and heating expansion pipes i have used the hot tank pipes to fix a small rad in the old airing room removed the pump and connected the flow and return from the boiler 5 out of eight rads d/stairs work the rest nothing this...
  8. J

    Powerflush back boiler

    Hi, I've a job coming up, rads have cold spots and need fixing. I'm gonna rent a powerflusher but I haven't done it since the training centre and wouldn't even call that experience. The system is an oil boiler and range with a back boiler, I'm concerned about the back boiler, is it possible to...
  9. E

    I have been using a Stanley stove with a back boiler for the past ten years.

    I have been using a Stanley stove with a back boiler for the past ten years. We are now converting to gas and have disconnected the stove from the mains. We would like to keep the stove but I am concerned about how safe/unsafe that might be. I lit a fire and as I had been told, we had a sauna...
  10. B

    When my oil heating is on should it heat the water in my back boiler of open fire as well?

    When my oil heating is on should it be heating the water in my back boiler of open fire as well?
  11. Alan Wright

    Fitting a Back Boiler To A Wood Burner

    I want to fit a back boiler into my Ecoburn Plus 11 KW WoodBurner and feed heated water to my radiators. I need advise and perhaps someone to fit the back boiler.
  12. Harvest Fields

    Baxi 45/4m back boiler unit

    Morning all, any help would be appreciated. Been to a job (first service) where someone has used rock wool to seal the flue inside the builders opening. Anyone got a part number for the sealing/ceiling plate need to seal it correctly?
  13. D

    Old Baxi Bermuda Back Boiler with Elson? Square tank in the Loft

    I have one of these in my loft but no manual so I can understand how it operates (eg is the water temp thermostatically controlled?) etc. Can anyone point me to a link where I can download a manual? Thanks
  14. B

    Making use of a back boiler

    Hi all, I’ve recently moved into a house and want to start using a fireplace that hasn’t been used in around 10 years. The fireplace has a back boiler which has since been disconnected when the central heating system was revamped a few years ago. We currently have solar panels and an oil...
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    Multifuel stove with back boiler problems

    Hi all, Looking for some advice please. I have just recently moved into a cottage with an old back boiler system and an Esse muti fuel stove, and I seem to be getting nothing but problems with it. The main thing is getting the radiators to come on and stay on. Most of the time I can have a...
  16. Scott_D

    Back boiler and fire Q

    Quoting to convert from a back boiler to combi. The customer has been told by another that they can keep the fire connected to the gas and I always thought that couldn’t be done. what do you guys think?
  17. M

    Back boiler to combi

    Hi, new to the site so please bare with me. I have a property which is rented out, up until recently to a single guy. In the last month or so his partner and children have moved in making it a home for 4. The current heating system is powered by a baxi boiler with water tank in the loft...
  18. Z

    Danesmoor 15/19 oil boiler replacement, back boiler and solar collector

    Hi, At some point in the near future will replace our trusty old Oil fired Danesmoor, hopefully a new boiler will fit better in the kitchen units and lose the vertical flue. A plumber has suggested he fit a Firebird with a 10 year warranty, thoughts ? Also wondered if that would be a good time...
  19. G

    Thorn Housewarmer S Gas Fire & Back Boiler

    Hi, I wondered if anyone could explain how the gas fire ignites and gets its gas supply on the Thorn Housewarmer S Back Boiler & Fire combination. I'm happy with lighting the back boiler pilot and firing it up, but not clear on the fire i.e. is it electric ignition or does it have its own pilot...
  20. Christopher buzzard

    Back boiler open vented converted to sealed

    Evening all. Asked by customer to look at new unvented installation he recently had done by others. Number off issues picked up on the install but the my main concern was the fact they converted the back boiler from open vented to a sealed system. Expansion vessel is way undersized. Am I right...

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