Flyfisher
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We currently have an old solid-fuel-converted-to-oil-rayburn-cooker-boiler, which must be about the most inefficient heating device I've ever come across.
I plan to replace this with an oil boiler to run DHW, the existing radiators plus some new radiators in the rooms that have no heating at all. I've only done very rough calcs so far but I think I'm looking at something around 50kW. I understand that imminent new regulations mean that I'll require a condensing boiler.
My main question is what are the best makes of oil boiler to look out for, and which to avoid?
Also, does anyone know if oil tanks can be buried for cosmetic purposes? I've read that dual-skinned tanks meet the bunding requirements but I've never read about burying a tank. Our current tank is lower than the Rayburn so presumably it's not a gravity-fed system, but I don't know how much 'draw' the pump could work with.
I'm also planning to replace the existing cylinder with a dual-coil version suitable for connection to a solar collector (the vacuum tube types seem good to me) and I'd like to think that the boiler would only really be used for winter heating, but I doubt I'll be doing all the work in one go, so I need to be able to phase it all, with phase 1 being the boiler.
I plan to replace this with an oil boiler to run DHW, the existing radiators plus some new radiators in the rooms that have no heating at all. I've only done very rough calcs so far but I think I'm looking at something around 50kW. I understand that imminent new regulations mean that I'll require a condensing boiler.
My main question is what are the best makes of oil boiler to look out for, and which to avoid?
Also, does anyone know if oil tanks can be buried for cosmetic purposes? I've read that dual-skinned tanks meet the bunding requirements but I've never read about burying a tank. Our current tank is lower than the Rayburn so presumably it's not a gravity-fed system, but I don't know how much 'draw' the pump could work with.
I'm also planning to replace the existing cylinder with a dual-coil version suitable for connection to a solar collector (the vacuum tube types seem good to me) and I'd like to think that the boiler would only really be used for winter heating, but I doubt I'll be doing all the work in one go, so I need to be able to phase it all, with phase 1 being the boiler.