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About 20 years ago I had a Rayburn coal fire back burner installed that fed radiators throughout the house. I believe as it's a coal fire, a gravity fed radiator was installed on the hot water supply to the spiral coil that's inside the hot water tank. I think this was in case excessive heat built up from the coal fire as a safety measure, it would warm the gravity fed radiator. Then a few years ago, the coal fire was replaced by a floor standing oil fed burner. The gravity fed radiator is in a small bedroom and never gets hot since the oil burner has been installed.

Therefore, the question is, can I do away with the gravity fed radiator and put that on the same pipe work as the other radiators in the house, or do I have to change anything else to make it safe?

Thanks for your help
 
Was system converted to fully pumped or is your hot water tank still on gravity system ??
 
No, all the oil burner was a strength swop for the coal back burner none of the pipe work was change
 
Yes I sill have the hot tank. Nothing was changed on only the coal fire to a oil burner
 
Nothing of the pipe work was change, the hot tank is still on the gravity system. The only thing that was change was the coal back burner for a oil boiler
 
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