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Hi all, hoping somebody can help.
I had Homeserve out today, as I've just started a boiler and central heating contract with them. They sent their engineer to assess the boiler but declined to insure my Vaillant Ecotech plus 837, because the condensate pipe had previously leaked and showed rust residue in the chassis.
The boiler is currently showing no issues, but I suppose I should factor in a replacement at some point.
I'm hoping some pros on here can offer some guidance on a possible system replacement.
I have a 3-bed detached house. Currently, I have the gas boiler which heats the upstairs radiators and wet underfloor heating downstairs. I also have a log burner.
I see hydrogen boilers might be coming out soon, so I'm guessing these could be better for a 1960s poorly insulated house over heat pumps.
It's always bugged me that I can't utilise any of the heat from my log burner to heat water. Would I be best off getting some form of a thermal store to add to the new boiler, that allows for a feed-in from the log burner? Would I need anything else (I've heard the term back-boiler mentioned?). One problem I have is, that the roof height in my attic isn't that high. Most of the thermal stores I've seen from Gledhill are about 1700mm high, which wouldn't fit, although I did find this one which might fit - Gledhill Can you buy stubbier ones? Also, I'm clueless as to how may litres of storage I might need?
Also, I'd like to get solar at some point, so it would be good to also heat a thermal store from that.
Any advice on what to look at would be appreciated.
I had Homeserve out today, as I've just started a boiler and central heating contract with them. They sent their engineer to assess the boiler but declined to insure my Vaillant Ecotech plus 837, because the condensate pipe had previously leaked and showed rust residue in the chassis.
The boiler is currently showing no issues, but I suppose I should factor in a replacement at some point.
I'm hoping some pros on here can offer some guidance on a possible system replacement.
I have a 3-bed detached house. Currently, I have the gas boiler which heats the upstairs radiators and wet underfloor heating downstairs. I also have a log burner.
I see hydrogen boilers might be coming out soon, so I'm guessing these could be better for a 1960s poorly insulated house over heat pumps.
It's always bugged me that I can't utilise any of the heat from my log burner to heat water. Would I be best off getting some form of a thermal store to add to the new boiler, that allows for a feed-in from the log burner? Would I need anything else (I've heard the term back-boiler mentioned?). One problem I have is, that the roof height in my attic isn't that high. Most of the thermal stores I've seen from Gledhill are about 1700mm high, which wouldn't fit, although I did find this one which might fit - Gledhill Can you buy stubbier ones? Also, I'm clueless as to how may litres of storage I might need?
Also, I'd like to get solar at some point, so it would be good to also heat a thermal store from that.
Any advice on what to look at would be appreciated.
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