I WILL be putting in a wood boiler this year. Like others researching which boiler to choose I'm having a hard time deciding. I'm really interested in the gasification boilers, Econoburn or Eko mostly. Really like the Garn setup but $$$ keeps me focused on the Econoburn/Eko.
Also looking at non gasification boilers, woodmaster,Heatmor... I guess I'll be able to make my mind up alot quicker if I understand the setups better!
I currently have an oiled fired boiler which also supplies my DHW. Originally I figured I could pipe an OWB to supplement my existing boiler, thus providing heat and DHW. If the fire went out, the existing boiler would just do its usual job without help from the OWB. From everything I've been reading, I guess its not going to be this simple?
My original plan was to run an OWB during the heating months (Oct/Nov-March/April), basically when the windows were closed in the house. Non heating months, shut down the OWB and its oil business as usual. ALong comes cleaner gasification units and maybe I can supply DHW all year long?
But I will need to add water storage for my DHW? More equipment more money etc etc.
So a couple of direct questions: 1. How much water storage would I need to get the most efficiency from a gasification boiler?
2. Can I run a gasification boiler without water storage and still be more efficient than a non gasification boiler(at least until water storage is more affordable to me)?
3. Assuming I use some water storage, Is it possible to install a constanly circulating dedicated loop off my existing boiler, through a heat exchanger or side arm attached to the water storage fed by the Gasification unit, thus keeping my existing boiler in control of everything, but the OWB could still supply me Heating/DHW when needed? I guess what I have stuck in my head is I could use the OWB to keep the existing oil burner at temp for heat and dhw. I'm not a plumber by any means so I don't fully understand boiler functionality 100%. So if you more knowledgable people could steer me in the right direction I would appreciate it!
Also looking at non gasification boilers, woodmaster,Heatmor... I guess I'll be able to make my mind up alot quicker if I understand the setups better!
I currently have an oiled fired boiler which also supplies my DHW. Originally I figured I could pipe an OWB to supplement my existing boiler, thus providing heat and DHW. If the fire went out, the existing boiler would just do its usual job without help from the OWB. From everything I've been reading, I guess its not going to be this simple?
My original plan was to run an OWB during the heating months (Oct/Nov-March/April), basically when the windows were closed in the house. Non heating months, shut down the OWB and its oil business as usual. ALong comes cleaner gasification units and maybe I can supply DHW all year long?
But I will need to add water storage for my DHW? More equipment more money etc etc.
So a couple of direct questions: 1. How much water storage would I need to get the most efficiency from a gasification boiler?
2. Can I run a gasification boiler without water storage and still be more efficient than a non gasification boiler(at least until water storage is more affordable to me)?
3. Assuming I use some water storage, Is it possible to install a constanly circulating dedicated loop off my existing boiler, through a heat exchanger or side arm attached to the water storage fed by the Gasification unit, thus keeping my existing boiler in control of everything, but the OWB could still supply me Heating/DHW when needed? I guess what I have stuck in my head is I could use the OWB to keep the existing oil burner at temp for heat and dhw. I'm not a plumber by any means so I don't fully understand boiler functionality 100%. So if you more knowledgable people could steer me in the right direction I would appreciate it!