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Maybe! But we already have the stove (sans back boiler), and run it most winter evenings and a lot of the weekend. Only, it only heats up the one room yet has plenty of 'spare' heat that should be being put to better use!

Ok, maybe ignore the solar aspect for now, just assuming solid fuel is providing excess heat, how can I use that elsewhere when it's available, without forcing the boiler to fire otherwise? (Or maybe swap PV for solar thermal, same principle then applies. For reference I was thinking along...

Hi, I'm planning a wet UFH heating system which will be using a vented cylinder coupled to a wood stove, gas boiler and electric thermostat. Later on I'll add solar PV panels, which I'll set to power the immersion heater if they're generating spare leccy instead of exporting. To make...