New restoration project - what have I done!
Discussion
I would not worry about the size for Bio Mass, they do some huge boilers, for example to heat chicken sheds.
This is an example of a 115kw boiler from the company who installed my 2 biomass boilers.
http://www.edgerenewables.com/case-studies/page/38
The best bit you don't need to change any of your existing heating system (apart from the boilers!) they just connect in where your existing boilers were using a heat exchange system. The bio mass boiler and your old system never actually touch. The cost savings are huge and for minimal hassle. We use wood chip instead of pellets for the following reasons:
- you get paid more by the government
- You can see the quality of the material - wood pellets could be made of any old rubbish
- you can make your own wood chip in the future if you want.
We have had a couple of blockages over 3 years, but easy to sort and the system will tell you when it is stuck - we just had an external light, you can have a text message if you want. You have to empty the ash tubs every couple of weeks and grease every 6 moths and that's about it.
This is an example of a 115kw boiler from the company who installed my 2 biomass boilers.
http://www.edgerenewables.com/case-studies/page/38
The best bit you don't need to change any of your existing heating system (apart from the boilers!) they just connect in where your existing boilers were using a heat exchange system. The bio mass boiler and your old system never actually touch. The cost savings are huge and for minimal hassle. We use wood chip instead of pellets for the following reasons:
- you get paid more by the government
- You can see the quality of the material - wood pellets could be made of any old rubbish
- you can make your own wood chip in the future if you want.
We have had a couple of blockages over 3 years, but easy to sort and the system will tell you when it is stuck - we just had an external light, you can have a text message if you want. You have to empty the ash tubs every couple of weeks and grease every 6 moths and that's about it.
Edited by skilly1 on Monday 8th December 10:54
jdw1234 said:
MonkeyBusiness said:
35-40 rooms! Blimey.
Are you an intercom/pager system installed
How is it 35-40 rooms? The floorplan is on page 1.Are you an intercom/pager system installed
Roughly, the first floor has a total of 9 rooms / halls etc the second floor has apprx 12 rooms / halls etc, the top floor will have 4 rooms, and the ground floor will be something like a further 12/14 rooms depending on final decisions. ive included most halls as they are mostly big enough to be considered as rooms.. Rough total would then be between 37 and 39 rooms, plus outbuildings, store rooms, boiler room etc.
KTF said:
Griff Boy said:
I know what your saying!
Do you have to find that you scale everything up so the furniture doesnt look lost in the rooms - buy 2x wardrobes instead of one, the biggest bed you can find, etc?Even with 4 ovens in the kitchen there still seems to be plenty of space :P
The tall unit bank is made up of 8 x 600mm wide units plus framing, so about 4900mm long, but as the room is 10m long it still leaves loads of space around it.
Ive also use picture rails and dado rails in a variety of rooms to break up the sheer size of the walls, which has worked well!
One of my contemporary Italian suppliers do lovely freestanding modern robes at 2900mm high; I use it a lot, really cool TV wall layouts also - www.msg.it
Griff Boy said:
jdw1234 said:
MonkeyBusiness said:
35-40 rooms! Blimey.
Are you an intercom/pager system installed
How is it 35-40 rooms? The floorplan is on page 1.Are you an intercom/pager system installed
Roughly, the first floor has a total of 9 rooms / halls etc the second floor has apprx 12 rooms / halls etc, the top floor will have 4 rooms, and the ground floor will be something like a further 12/14 rooms depending on final decisions. ive included most halls as they are mostly big enough to be considered as rooms.. Rough total would then be between 37 and 39 rooms, plus outbuildings, store rooms, boiler room etc.
Griff Boy said:
No problem, although you did start a slight domestic as my wife made the amount of rooms different to me! :-)
I would love to live in a house where two people could get different answers from a room count.Where we live now there would be no such confusion.
Hunny, how many rooms do we have?
Well, lets see. The living room, yes. The kitchen, uh-huh, the bedroom, gotcha. What about the bathroom, ohhh yehh.. silly me. The bathroom. So how many did you make it? 4. Yes, me too.
Edit to add: Stunning project and thread OP - it just keeps on delivering
General update!
First off, the boys room / den / snooker room & bar now has a floor! Ready now for first fixing electrical and plumbing!
Also, been working on the master bedroom, wanted a look in keeping with the age and style of the house, and pretty happy with it to be honest! Not the best pictures, but you can get the idea!
Just got to finish de-nailing the floor now, and then lay the 9mm ply so it's ready for carpet, fit light fittings, paint doors etc and it's almost a finished room.
Ensuites now fully first fixed, plumber and wired ready for tiling! The bloody expensive tiles my wife picked which we had to import from Spain have safely arrived, we 11 of them did! 1 replacement on the way. Got to be the most expensive tiles we have in the house, £600 for 12 tiles! Had to take a sit down after that one!
Other general news is that we now have hot water! 1st 300 litre Tank connected and tested and now fully working! Also finally got the heating for the second floor working now as well, that combined with the new insulation and the house was toasty warm all day today, despite being 2 deg outside! Boilers are now turned right down, and heating was only on low, but made a big difference!
Will keep on with the pictures, working until Friday this week, then two weeks off whilst the business is closed for the holidays which means I can get a solid 10-12 days work in with no interruptions, phone calls or anything else to bug my happiness! Roll on the weekend!
First off, the boys room / den / snooker room & bar now has a floor! Ready now for first fixing electrical and plumbing!
Also, been working on the master bedroom, wanted a look in keeping with the age and style of the house, and pretty happy with it to be honest! Not the best pictures, but you can get the idea!
Just got to finish de-nailing the floor now, and then lay the 9mm ply so it's ready for carpet, fit light fittings, paint doors etc and it's almost a finished room.
Ensuites now fully first fixed, plumber and wired ready for tiling! The bloody expensive tiles my wife picked which we had to import from Spain have safely arrived, we 11 of them did! 1 replacement on the way. Got to be the most expensive tiles we have in the house, £600 for 12 tiles! Had to take a sit down after that one!
Other general news is that we now have hot water! 1st 300 litre Tank connected and tested and now fully working! Also finally got the heating for the second floor working now as well, that combined with the new insulation and the house was toasty warm all day today, despite being 2 deg outside! Boilers are now turned right down, and heating was only on low, but made a big difference!
Will keep on with the pictures, working until Friday this week, then two weeks off whilst the business is closed for the holidays which means I can get a solid 10-12 days work in with no interruptions, phone calls or anything else to bug my happiness! Roll on the weekend!
Griff Boy said:
Will keep on with the pictures, working until Friday this week, then two weeks off whilst the business is closed for the holidays which means I can get a solid 10-12 days work in with no interruptions, phone calls or anything else to bug my happiness! Roll on the weekend!
Should have it finished by then Griff.Griff Boy said:
Ref the heating, all the floors are zoned and thermostatically controlled via a wifi active thermostat. Each rad has TRV's as well. I know the principle of individual room controls, but the heatings already in and finished now, so not much chance of changing it now! Besides with something like 35-40 rooms (not quite sure how many!) it'll have to stay at zoned per floor!
My house only needs three convential zones - being able to heat just the upstairs, then the kitchen and ignore the living area in the morning has made a huge difference on gas consumption (which i measure to the penny). You can get z-wave TRV thermostats which is a simple retrofit, which means you could can make sure the warmth follows you around the house according to your patterns.
eliot said:
My house only needs three convential zones - being able to heat just the upstairs, then the kitchen and ignore the living area in the morning has made a huge difference on gas consumption (which i measure to the penny).
You can get z-wave TRV thermostats which is a simple retrofit, which means you could can make sure the warmth follows you around the house according to your patterns.
I wish!You can get z-wave TRV thermostats which is a simple retrofit, which means you could can make sure the warmth follows you around the house according to your patterns.
I am always amazed at how low tech heating controls are - I know things are changing slowly but given the cost of energy there is a huge market there
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