Wood pellet/bio mass boilers etc...
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Not sure if you've picked up but the installer has to be MCS approved and apparently its a costly exercise to get this and maintain the MCS certification. Make sure all the boxes are ticked before you proceed otherwise you'll get nought.
You'll need ventilation in the room its is installed in and if its listed you'll need LBC for the flue as a minimum.
FFG
You'll need ventilation in the room its is installed in and if its listed you'll need LBC for the flue as a minimum.
FFG
Jason - can I asked who you phoned? Think I might need to give them a call tomorrow.
I'm in a similar situation (meant to be choosing the plumber on Wednesday to install oil boiler and wood burning boiler stove with Thermal store), but having read this, starting to have second thoughts...
I'm in a similar situation (meant to be choosing the plumber on Wednesday to install oil boiler and wood burning boiler stove with Thermal store), but having read this, starting to have second thoughts...
Woody3 said:
Jason - can I asked who you phoned? Think I might need to give them a call tomorrow.
I'm in a similar situation (meant to be choosing the plumber on Wednesday to install oil boiler and wood burning boiler stove with Thermal store), but having read this, starting to have second thoughts...
Yes no worries.I'm in a similar situation (meant to be choosing the plumber on Wednesday to install oil boiler and wood burning boiler stove with Thermal store), but having read this, starting to have second thoughts...
I've been dealing with http://www.treco.co.uk/ ask for a guy called Colin.
Its a long established company. They've set up another http://www.rainbowheatandpower.co.uk to deal with the growing domestic demand.
To be fair they're the best company I've spoken to today, about 4 others were instantly wanting to do a survey, couldn't give a price for a boiler and commissioning and were quite annoying.
Its a big amount of cash for me as we've a whole house to renovate, a garage to build. However this effectively gives us a whole free heating system and 10k ish to spend on the house over 7 years. Thats 10k I haven't had to pay tax and NI on.
I 100% would seriously consider it.
captainzep said:
remove concerns about price shenanigans within the industry re. pellets.
This is the biggest single worry I'd have.Oil used to be cheap and a no-brainer.
But at the current subsidy levels and so on, if you can make it save you money over a fixed term 'all in', then there is no worry swapping in future I suppose.
I just think as soon as it gets popular and the on-paper contract savings are gone then the screw will turn and those on micro-generation scale efficiencies are gonna be paying more for their heat!
CK11 said:
I think we are going to down the same route
Have you decided on a make/ model? Etc
What size house are you trying to heat?
Hi, house is 195sq M ish... Have you decided on a make/ model? Etc
What size house are you trying to heat?
I'm going for an Effecta
http://www.rainbowheatandpower.co.uk/products/effe...
or Ariterm
http://www.renove.co.uk/our-products/ariterm-wood-...
They're both swiss so a bit cheaper than some German makes, but a fair chunk more than an MCZ type thing.
We're going for one of those as they've got a proven history, 5 year warranty and are two of the 3 most common boilers in their home country.
where we have struggled is avoiding a 'bandwagon' company to supply and fit, however now we've 3 good places giving us firm quotes who have a track history of fitting and looking after them. Plenty of cowboys about. Also plenty who want to charge over the top because of the RHI scheme.
What have you been looking at? Are you aware its very likely people who join the RHI scheme after January that they will likely face a 10% rate reduction? Its already been announced that commercial rates are dropping by 20%.
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