Central Heating

[Kate_J]

I read somewhere about a new kind of central heating - it's water filled radiators fired by a wood pellet burning fire which can be attached to an outside wall in your living room. Because it's using recycled wood, it's eligible for grants from the government. Does anyone know anything about it like how much it costs and how much mess it makes during installation? Any info would be much appreciated.

[Guest]

Del Campo chimeneas in Iznajar and Todochimeneas GRanada (Armilla Ogijares Ind Est) both offer these - english phone number in ad is 658 678 768 - have jsut seen it in an ad, no idea what they arelike, but feedback greatly appreciated as we are considering getting one, house not ready for it yet.....!!!

[Kate_J]

Hi Audrey,

Well I will be able to let you know fairly soon as I am having it installed. didn't get any feedback from spain but there are plenty of websites all singing the praises of the heating system and the fact it is very environmentally friendly !

[Guest]

Kate wrote on 25.8.05 about " new kind of central
heating"
How has this been?
Do you have any of the website mentioned?

[Kate_J]

I am part way through getting the heating system installed. It's taking a little time because the actual wood burning stove is in short supply because of high demand. It is made in Italy. The guy I speak to is called Simon and if you want to email me I will give you his phone number (don't want to give out on this forum as he may not want me to) I originally saw the advert in the 'Where To' magazine available in tourist offices and bars etc.

[Guest]

Ever heard of RAYBURN or STANLEY (fine British products), these guys burn ANYTHING.

The only reason your ITALIAN ***** Censored for racist language, Board Admin ***** crap is in short supply is cos they are waiting for more Fiats to scrap, which is a bloody wonder!

Mind you, this is because Fiats make better nails than they do wood burners, no shortage of nails is there though?

Scrapping Scoot

[Guest]

Stanleys are IRISH :)

[warren]

Kate

I cant e mail you- "hidden" via the board

Please could you e mail me!

murphyd500@hotmail.com

Regards

David Murphy

[Kate_J]

Message for Scoot

Do you have any real reason to not like these burners other than the fact they are Italian? Any feedback is welcome just as long as it's constructive. I've done quite a bit of research on these burners and all the feedback is good unless you know otherwise.

[Cyborg]

Hi,

I am planning to move to Spain, as soon as the money has been scarped together then off I go.

However one thing that I keep noticing is the lack of insulation and not to mention central heating and heating all together. So one of the things that I am going to do when I move is to take along something that we use here in Denmark, I do not know if it this is available in Spain, however I belive it is.

I live on an old farm, no longer farming anything. However for central heating we have 2 heaters that work independantly, with a 3rd heater kicking in if there is no heat in the other 2.

The First One,
This is a pellet burner, it isn't a stove in that sense as it isn't inside the house. However it does burn pellets just as the "inhouse" stove does. I can agree that the inhouse stove is far more attraktive, however it does not heat up anything other than the room that it is in.

The Second One,
This is basically a furnace that we use to burn our garbage, however it can also be stuffed with wooden logs if one so wish. To give an idea, if I stuff it with wooden logs and set fire to them, then it would take no more than roughly 1 hour and we would be walking around in the house wearing t-shirts and bermuda shorts, and it is -20 outside. And the temprature would stay for 12-15 hours depending on the amount of wood stuffed in.

The Third One,
This is an oil burner, it kicks in if there is no heat from the 2 previous ones.

One sack (20kg) of pellets cost approx. 5 Euros here in Denmark, and during winter we spend roughly 1 1/2 - 2 sacks per day. During the summer it goes down to half a sack to 1. (Granted we buy by the ton, and our pellet storage can take 10 tons, this equates to about 1 - 2 euros a day in heating).

These 3 heaters heat up the water, which in turn flows through the radiators in the house (all rooms have them), plus the floor heating in 5 rooms.

All in all it cost us approx. 6000 euros to get it all finished and up and running. If you buy used then you could easily halve that cost.

Our heating bill is a fraction of what our neighbours are paying. All in all it was a very good investment.

The bonus with the furnace (Number 2) is that it can burn bails of hay, and those cost (here in denmark) .15 eurocent per. When it comes to the wood if you have trees that you can chop down during summer, then your heating bill is reduced even further.

Right now we are looking into getting a solar heating system that will heat the water and keep the house warm, during summer and to act as a secondary system during winter. The cost there (again in denmark) would be somewhere between 4000 and 7000 Euros depending on size and capabillities.

If I didn't make sense, ask away and I will try to explain.

[flopsy]

Hello Kate
did you finish having heating installed? does it work? and if you wouldn't mind telling, how much did it cost as I am intrested in having it installed.

[Kate_J]

Hi Flopsy,

I've replied to your prsonal email about this.

[flopsy]

Thanks Kate have emailed you. :)