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A back boiler is a device which is fitted to a residential heating stove or open fireplace to enable it to provide both room heat and domestic hot water or central heating. The device is a water filled heat exchanger enclosed at the rear of the burning chamber with a hot water output at the top of the chamber and a cold water feed at the bottom.

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    Glow worm back boiler

    Hi I have a Glow-worm back boiler which is giving me grief (I would have upgraded it by now but its a listed building and there's issues with venting through the external wall and I'm reluctant to go with an electric boiler instead (because of the consumption cost)). It's a sealed system. The...
  2. cyberfruits

    URGENT Solid fuel back boiler decommission

    Hi We have a vented oil-fired heating system with a coal fire back boiler, this is going to be changed to a sealed pressurized system tomorrow and I believe, they are decommissioning the back boiler. I have only discovered today there is no access to the water jacket, so will it be good enough...
  3. J

    Can I remove a disconnected gas fire,leaving the back boiler in place?

    Hi all, I am a plumber but I do not carry out works to boilers as the majority of my is bathrooms so I am not gas safe. I have completed a bathroom for a regular customer. She is of old age and is starting to get a little clumsy and her son has asked me to look at the old gas fire/back...
  4. L

    soilid fuel back boiler leak

    I can see the small leak in back boiler, have tried all sorts of products to seal it. have drained the radiators but pressure from water in actual and pipes boiler keeping it wet!! any ideas please to seal, its my only heating.
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    Open fire with back boiler

    when I removed the back coal saver I can now see the mental back boiler. I could not see the back boiler when I put the coal saver in place last year . Do I recover the metal back boiler in fire cement or is their something better. The fire cement at the bottom of the photo is where I block...
  6. F

    Wood Burner back boiler with gravity rad system.

    Hi All...thx for the help in advance. I have recently installed a wood burner with back boiler heating system. Set up with gravity rad and header tank in loft. I have a recirculation pump installed that I have connected to the rad system that I turn on and off manually. I wanted to know how...
  7. S

    Old back boiler question?

    Hey there I'm looking for some advice on a potential issue I'm having with an old back boiler. So just moved into my parents' old house with my partner, it's a terrace with back to back chimneys in the kitchen and the sitting room. The fireplace in the kitchen is the old back boiler that hasn't...
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    Back boiler venting and flue requirements

    Hi all, Apologies if this has been covered elsewhere but I can't find an answer to my questions. I have a back boiler and gas fire which h has been serviced regularly over the years by different engineers with no issues. Last time , the guy wanted to condem it due to not being compliant with...
  9. M

    Replace back boiler with electric

    Hi, would it be feasible to replace a baxi bermuda back boiler with an electric boiler, situated on the side of the chimney breast, utilising, mostly the existing pipework, cylinder etc.
  10. J

    Cant refill heating system back boiler run off parkray coal fire

    My father has a parkray fire which has a back boiler . He had a leaky radiator, when he was attempting to fix leak the circulating pump (grundfos) was making a rattling noise this stopped once the radiator leak was fixed ( he lost a fair bit of water ) . The problem being now is that the...
  11. R

    Can you have mains pressure cylinder on a back bolier?

    I have been told that I can't have a mains pressure unvented hot water cylinder with a back boiler on a wood burning stove as the heat source is uncontrollable. Is there a method to make the heat source controllable? I was imagining that if the cylinder was at its maximum temperature then if...
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    Solid fuel back boiler not heating radiators

    Hi My grandmothers property has a back boiler heated by a solid fuel appliance using coal. Yes, I know. She’s stubborn! Unfortunately the property has been vacant for a long while, a pipe froze and burst and left damp. It’s imperative we get the house heated and warmed up enough to dry it...
  13. K

    Hi, I have an Victorian period one bedroom

    Hi, I have an Victorian period one bedroom flat, looking to have back boiler replaced with modern GCH, is it worth replacing all 5 radiators and 15mm aswell? Different companies say different things? Thanks for any help advice given 👍
    • Keith Stewart
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    • back boiler radiators replaced
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Central Heating Forum
  14. knoxy777

    Back boiler not heating downstairs

    We have dual heating, back boiler and oil. The oil will heat the immersion tank and all radiators but the back boiler will only heat the upstairs radiators and immersion. We only moved in a few years back with the system already installed and are not sure if it was designed to do this. There...
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    Overheat protection for a wood burner with back boiler install?

    Hey guys, I've searched the forum, but haven't found anything useful. I don't know the name of the thing I'm looking for, so I apologize in advance if this is something basic that I should have found in a search. So basically, my electrician is an old fella who doesn't know much about heating...
    • njones
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    • back boiler boiler burner overheat protection
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Central Heating Forum
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    How to set up wood stove + back boiler safely in off-grid situation?

    Hello everyone, I want to be able to set up a wood burning stove utilising a back boiler in a situation where I can’t incorporate an electric pump, ideally heating a water tank and if possible a radiator. I’ve read a lot of info on this but the views seem mixed. Some systems I understand...
  17. W

    Baxi Bermuda 45 back boiler not working

    Hi All New to this and a little green around Gas boilers.. So, a house I’m in possession of has an old and trusty Baxi Bermuda 45 back boiler which worked perfectly fine until I isolated the gas supply from the meter box.. After a couple of months and with the weather getting colder, I’ve went...
  18. C

    Multi Fuel stove with back boiler

    I have recently moved into a house with a central heating system that runs from oil or/and the multi fuel stove. The water gets hot and then circulates into the connect radiators but they aren't hot just warm and don't stay warm continually. Any advice get my log burner between 300-400 range...
  19. J

    Solid fuel back boiler

    Hi Have a 4 port solid fuel back boiler, is the any disadvantages of capping two of the ports off, (eg top left bottom right) then using it as a two port for HW and heating with a injector Tee, only reason iam asking as would cut down on pipe work coming from boiler and just out of interest...
  20. A

    15+ year old Glo Worm back boiler repair or replace with a new Combi.

    So I've got a Glow Worm back boiler fronted by a gas fire, at least 15 years old probably a lot more. The water heating makes a row as there is a partial blockage in one of the pipes - this I believe to be resolvable with a power flush and pump replacement. The front fire is spilling fumes and...
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