rayburn solid fuel fire

[R1cho]

just won a rayburn solid fuel fire for £10 on ebay :lol :cool: :thumbs

[96terrano]

Yes yes, we know:lol:lol:thumb2

[stinka]

Nice one, got a link ?

[R1cho]

its old and ugly but for the price and the savings on gas bills i'll make i dont care, it also take a back boiler so will keep my eyes open for one to add to it at a later date

heres linky, just remember its old and ugly, if ya squint a bit it's not too bad :lol

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/rayburn-solid-fuel-fire-/300863994031?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEWNX%3AIT&nma=true&si=KzdoEsrKj5VaFH8W2uj%252BlDrPWg4%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

[solarman216]

nice I say, look after the glass slats not sure they are available now, this is my wood burner that I am warming my feet on right now, Rick

[solarman216]

incidentally had a Green Deal energy assessment done and I got 81 which is bottom of B group A being highest and G lowest so wood/solid fuel stove = very good, Rick

[makeitfit]

Still waiting for my Green Deal inspection, taking ruddy ages :o

[briggie]

nice I say, look after the glass slats not sure they are available now, this is my wood burner that I am warming my feet on right now, Rick

do i notice water pipes behind that rick ?

[makeitfit]

Dont buy a s/h back boiler , they will leak before tea time.
Make one :thumbs

[solarman216]

Still waiting for my Green Deal inspection, taking ruddy ages :o

it is total crap but the powers that be like crap, so we give it them and if it makes life a little easier great, this I can see going the same way as the energy surveys that were going to be required when you put your house on the market, forget what it was called but absolute nonsense, Rick

[solarman216]

do i notice water pipes behind that rick ?

yep part heats our water as well, but only put water tank at rear, need to do both sides as well to get maximum gain, water tanks are in place of the fire bricks, Rick

[solarman216]

Dont buy a s/h back boiler , they will leak before tea time.
Make one :thumbs

That is a point, but R1cho can weld, Rick

[makeitfit]

Nice bit of window shaving going on there too :lol
300 degrees :doh

[solarman216]

Nice bit of window shaving going on there too :lol
300 degrees :doh

Sorry Pete if that is aimed at me you will have to explain I am a bit dumb sometimes, Rick

[makeitfit]

Ah it looked like you had a glass scraper there AND a clean window :augie I suspected a sooty shave and a burn at less than 300 degrees :lol

[R1cho]

Make one u say hmmm

[solarman216]

yes I sort of worked it out after a while, the wood we are burning at the mo is only getting to 150 but it lasts along time and am still sweating, and yes best way to clean the glass is a Stanley blade, temperature in here at the mo 23 C, Rick

[spiderpig37]

Heres mine 100quid off ebay

[spiderpig37]

That was at 7tam this morning after a nine hour slumber temperature in house 22deg

[spiderpig37]

Heres my other boiler now she does kick some heat out shes opened up and haveing her tubes cleaned

[arcascomp]

Glass can still be had, www.fastglass.co.uk will cut to spec if they don't have your stove listed. A number of stoves can have the strips replaced with a single sheet these days too.

That's a bit of a blatant plug as the company linked belongs to my brother, but I doubt I'd manage to get you guys a discount as he's tight as a ducks ar$e!

[TONUP]

Heres mine 100quid off ebay

Is that a Parkray Chevin 111.

I paid a £1000.00 for one of them (brand new)ten years ago....!

What are you burning on it?

Regards

Alan

[spiderpig37]

Is that a Parkray Chevin 111.

I paid a £1000.00 for one of them (brand new)ten years ago....!

What are you burning on it?

Regards

Alan

Thats the one burn a mixture of logs and wood and some smokless mixed ovoids bank it up with half a scuttle of coal before bed and its nice and warm in the morning
Get wood from work as my other boiler as i call it we fire on wood chips we produce from wwaste wood we get in from skip company's
Even got the missis into the habit of lighting it

[geoffdown]

Still waiting for my Green Deal inspection, taking ruddy ages :o

What is this green deal inspection:nenau

[makeitfit]

Latest govt energy package thing. Basically they're offering very cheap loans to get your house energy efficient. the pay back is based on what you savings will be . End result is you pay it back at the level of expenditure you have now. so in 5 years or whatever your new goodies are all yours and you then get the cheap running benefits.
They're meant to fund anything that's practicle on your house as long as it really does save you money.
Look it up on google :thumb2

[firebobby]

I bought our Charnwood multi fuel back boiler a few years ago, it cost me £100 and is a god send this time of year, I have never bought wood, my mate has a window firm and I'm always darting into woods when out on my rounds.
Helps living opposite woods as well:thumb2:thumb2

[Tony]

To clean glass on log burner try damp cloth and ash from the inside.
works for me.
Tony

[spiderpig37]

What is this green deal inspection:nenau

Got my assessment next week guy called tom jones if nowt else he can give us a song
Just had a bloke on my doorstep try to sell me cavity wall insulation under the green deal scheme wouldnt listen when i kept telling him all the houses around here where built as a model village in the early 1900s and are of solid wall construction he pointed to a missing mortar joint and said thats my cavity at that i told him to stop wasting my time and go away
Looks like the green deal is bringing the con men out

[firebobby]

Got my assessment next week guy called tom jones if nowt else he can give us a song
J

Hope you have an old pair of knickers to through at him:lol:lol

[exosteve]

gas prices are sky high.
2 billion in profit in one year.
im 44 by the time im 65 at a 15% average price rise per year.I will freeze to death.
I am deffo scrapping my gas fire this year in favor of a multi fuel stove.
ive already burnt one to death in my greenhouse(more like a conservatory)
from free fuel ive picked up over the years.
I am not going to go cold I do enough of that workin outdoors.
steve

[R1cho]

well it turns out the rayburn burner does have the back boiler built into it, so how do i go about plumbing it in? i only want it on the rads? also the flue hole in top is 6" internal dia,

[solarman216]

well it turns out the rayburn burner does have the back boiler built into it, so how do i go about plumbing it in? i only want it on the rads? also the flue hole in top is 6" internal dia,

First stick with 6 inch flue you will have problems if you make it smaller, re your plumbing this will depend a lot on what you have now, but you have to build in a safety factor, you cannot just rely on a pump and pipe stat, what happens in a power cut and you are out? plumbimg is my game so if you want to tell me your existing system and house layout I can guide you through, Rick

[makeitfit]

Bit of a bitch to advise without seeing you existing C/H layout. Assuming you'#ve got a pumped system allready then you'll need some motorised Y valves so you can join the rayburn into the system instead of your existing boiler. It can also be done on thermo to so the valves open and pump comes on when the water is hot.
Look up a few typical dual heating source schematics on google :thumbs

[R1cho]

ummmm, we have a combi boiler that runs 8 rads, 3 downstairs 5 upstairs, thats all i can think of right now its been a long long day lol

[solarman216]

Combi probably means it is a sealed system, not good for a wood burner, ideally it needs a stainless header tank with a ball valve on the mains to keep it topped up and also a break tank on gravity to take heat in the event of power failure, to be safe it can be quite complicated, but no way would I link it into a sealed system, if you have the space your safest and most efficient bet is to install a separate system on gravity that way you have no worries at all even with the fire full bore, Rick

[spiderpig37]

I run a parkray with back boiler with a header tank and cylinder i too have looked at linking it with a gas boiler it can be done but is quite complicated and expensive think the only way is too decide if you go gas or solid fuel or just use the rayburn as a fire

[makeitfit]

Check this out Richo :sly
http://api.viglink.com/api/click?format=go&key=190cd6dc27c66f8edf4cd0d943583f3b&loc=http%3A%2F%2Foverthegate.myfreeforum.org%2Farc hive%2Fhow-to-conect-multi-fuel-burner-to-central-heating......__o_t__t_22159.html&v=1&libid=1362736186393&out=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aga-rayburn.com%2Fhtml%2Feco.html&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.co.uk%2F&title=how%20to%20conect%20multi%20fuel%20burner%20 to%20central%20heating......&txt=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aga-rayburn.com%2Fhtml%2Feco.html&jsonp=vglnk_jsonp_13627364213333
Bound to be expensive as it's AGA :lol
However it can be done and you will need to put a HW tank back in too.
I know a few green plumbers round here who've combined solar and combi systems but as said before there's a lot of plumbing to get it right.

[panelbeater]

hi,i have a oil set up and a wood burner with a back boiler all linked up using a H2 Panel.
google it.
it works a dream.
with all fires on the wood burner goes to preheat oil so saves a lot,not cheap but safe.

[makeitfit]

Ah now if you want to pre heat oil then use old engine oil for fuel. Now that is cheap or free :sly
Friend of mine up the road gets all his c/h free using waste engine oil and waste wood from the tip.
He's not quite off grid but very cheap to keep:clap

[spiderpig37]

H2 panel thats the gubbins i had read about wonder if i can get this and a gas boiler on the green deal scheme to link up with my parkray
Got mr thinking:thumbs

[R1cho]

hmmmm all this sounds expensive, i may just run it as a log burner for now

[geoffdown]

hmmmm all this sounds expensive, i may just run it as a log burner for now

just be careful as running it with out water could damage the bolier as the heat could buckle the back bolier might be wrong but just something to think about:thumbs

[solarman216]

definitely do not light it with no water supply connected it will destroy the water jacket, Rick