Central Heating advise needed for old house please

[codicote]

Hi there,

We are moving into a new place which currently has the following:

Wood Burner downstairs which also heats the hot water (pipes go to cylinder via pump and thermostat).
Cylinder upstairs with an immersion.
One radiator in the bathroom coming off the pipes from wood burner to the cylinder.
No gas.

What we would like is for an additional radiator in the bedroom. The trouble as I see it is that for the radiators to heat up we would need the wood burner going (which is not something we would want to have on whenever we want warm radiators), as although the immersion can heat the water for the taps this won't do much for the radiator water.

Am I see this correctly?

What options do people see there being to enable us to have hot water to the radiators without having to have the fire going (if I am understanding this correctly)?

We are not adverse to disconnecting the wood burner from the water altogether.

Many thanks,

Sam

 

[John506]

A wall mounted electric heater?

A Heatre Sadia Electric Boiler?

http://www.dealec.co.uk/acatalog/Heatrae_Sadia_Amptec_Electric_Boilers.html

 

[codicote]

Thanks...would this require capping of the wood burner boiler or can it be used in conjunction with it?

 

[John506]

I don't see any reason to stop using the wood burner unless you solely wanted to go for the electric boiler for both CH and domestic hot water.

You could just use it for the CH side, and connect your current radiator in with it.

 

[codicote]

Ah okay thanks. Not that I am going to be doing it myself, but could the electric heater be fit in line after the wood burner? So both do CH and hot water?

Thanks again.

 

[John506]

Sorry, Im not too sure.

Possible but you may have problems with wiring thermostats and that up.

 

[codicote]

okay, well thanks very much for your help! Much appreciated!