replace a wood-burning furnace with an aga
Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2017 10:28 am
Hi everyone,
I've a nice v. big wood burning boiler which runs a joint central heating system with a gas boiler. There is a lagged tank in the roof which open (not closed) so that we don't explode the central heating by overheating with wood. The current system doesn't have any active pumps but just uses the difference between the hot/cold water and 'thermo-siphoning' or 'gravity circulation to heat the house.
The only problem is that the furnace is huge in size, overheats the house (i.e 23+C or nothing) and we can't use the heat for other things like cooking.
We've Rayburn supreme which has a smaller footprint, enables cooking/baking and should not bake the whole house.
My question is can I directly replace the furnace with the aga or would I need a circulating pump?
Its nice to see two aga posts in a row
Andy
I've a nice v. big wood burning boiler which runs a joint central heating system with a gas boiler. There is a lagged tank in the roof which open (not closed) so that we don't explode the central heating by overheating with wood. The current system doesn't have any active pumps but just uses the difference between the hot/cold water and 'thermo-siphoning' or 'gravity circulation to heat the house.
The only problem is that the furnace is huge in size, overheats the house (i.e 23+C or nothing) and we can't use the heat for other things like cooking.
We've Rayburn supreme which has a smaller footprint, enables cooking/baking and should not bake the whole house.
My question is can I directly replace the furnace with the aga or would I need a circulating pump?
Its nice to see two aga posts in a row
Andy