Thank you for all the replies, although much of them appear to have gone off topic and more to do with personal grudges.
Anyway, the way I see it is that a Thermal store is really only beneficial if you have multiple heat sources - I DON'T.
I am very happy to continue using my 200 litre electric mains pressure water heater for my DHW, which cost less than 1 euro per night to heat up.
All I want is to distribute heat from the stove into some radiators.
So, bearing all that in mind why can't I simply use 2 diagonal tappings on the stove and plumb them directly into a radiator circuit? If that CAN be done then is it worth using a Laddomat to prevent the cold return being too cold, already has a pump to circulate the heat and it will also allow self-circulation in the event of a power cut? Here is a sketch of the proposed radiator layout, but I'm not sure how the heatleak radiator should be plumbed in relation to the Laddomat.
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A couple of things to note....
1) The heatleak rad is located in the opposite direction to the main CH radiators. Will that matter?
2) There will have to be 2 short (50cm) horizontal runs to the heatleak as the pipework has to run through stone walls.
3) The metal F & E tank cannot be sited directly above the stove but will be in fact 6metres horizontally from it but obviously at the highest point in the house. Schematics always show the F&E directly above the stove, but as long as it is within the primary pipework should that matter?
4) Should I use gradually decreasing pipe sizes the further I get from the heat source. e.g the furthest rads to have a 14mm run, working back to 16mm, 22mm and eventually the 28mm primary run to and from the stove?
Thank you in anticipation of helpful replies!!
Anyway, the way I see it is that a Thermal store is really only beneficial if you have multiple heat sources - I DON'T.
I am very happy to continue using my 200 litre electric mains pressure water heater for my DHW, which cost less than 1 euro per night to heat up.
All I want is to distribute heat from the stove into some radiators.
So, bearing all that in mind why can't I simply use 2 diagonal tappings on the stove and plumb them directly into a radiator circuit? If that CAN be done then is it worth using a Laddomat to prevent the cold return being too cold, already has a pump to circulate the heat and it will also allow self-circulation in the event of a power cut? Here is a sketch of the proposed radiator layout, but I'm not sure how the heatleak radiator should be plumbed in relation to the Laddomat.
//media.diynot.com/190000_189871_48432_32472503_thumb.jpg
//media.diynot.com/190000_189871_48431_12786591_thumb.jpg
A couple of things to note....
1) The heatleak rad is located in the opposite direction to the main CH radiators. Will that matter?
2) There will have to be 2 short (50cm) horizontal runs to the heatleak as the pipework has to run through stone walls.
3) The metal F & E tank cannot be sited directly above the stove but will be in fact 6metres horizontally from it but obviously at the highest point in the house. Schematics always show the F&E directly above the stove, but as long as it is within the primary pipework should that matter?
4) Should I use gradually decreasing pipe sizes the further I get from the heat source. e.g the furthest rads to have a 14mm run, working back to 16mm, 22mm and eventually the 28mm primary run to and from the stove?
Thank you in anticipation of helpful replies!!
