Recent content by jus

Fear not, I'm not going to play at plumbers but rather I'm going to employ a professional one when the time comes. At present I'm at the planning stage of a refurbishment and not having even decided on the type of heating (woodfired? Pellet stove? Kerosene? Accumulator tank? Electricity...

OK, so if I were to use a more traditional style of cylinder that will work in a gravity circuit and the rise of the flow pipe totals 9 foot how much of a horizontal run could I get away with? Would 30 foot be too much? jus.

Well actually no, I can run the pipes by a much more direct route, but would you believe it I thought that there might actually be some advantage in it. Obviously high points are bad! I have other options (unfortunately with more mess and ancillary work but there you go) the one I'm most...

Hello everyone. Is there an optimal ratio between rise and run in a gravity loop (thermosyphon) between a wood burning stove and a cylinder? Ive heard it said that 1 in 5 is the minimum advisable for a reasonable flow rate. Is this true? And if I have an insulated flow pipe going up 20 feet and...