Just agreed on a new house and it has a recent (2/3 year old by the look of it gas burner and boiler) open vented system.
We will be doing some switching around of layout and re-wiring and re-plumbing and i am planning a new heating system.
Its a 60's bungalow all suspended floors so will be sticking with radiators.
I am a landscape gardener so have good access to lots of wood therefore have been considering a log burning boiler. I'd appreciate any first hand experience of these in use and the associated costs.
It's just me and the wife and were pretty low energy users so the other option would be to keep the gas and supplement it with a wood burning stove with back boiler. When used in conjunction with a thermal store can these realistically contribute to central heating? Or are you simply storing lots of medium warmth water which is not hot enough for radiators anyway.
All advice or ideas welcome.
We will be doing some switching around of layout and re-wiring and re-plumbing and i am planning a new heating system.
Its a 60's bungalow all suspended floors so will be sticking with radiators.
I am a landscape gardener so have good access to lots of wood therefore have been considering a log burning boiler. I'd appreciate any first hand experience of these in use and the associated costs.
It's just me and the wife and were pretty low energy users so the other option would be to keep the gas and supplement it with a wood burning stove with back boiler. When used in conjunction with a thermal store can these realistically contribute to central heating? Or are you simply storing lots of medium warmth water which is not hot enough for radiators anyway.
All advice or ideas welcome.