UFCH and a large Stove

[JohnnyK]

Hi All, I'm renovating an old cottage and will be installing UFCH with an Air to water heat pump. I'm building an extension off the cottage which will include a kitchen/utility and bathroom so it will basically be 3 Zones, Kitchen, Livingroom and 1 bedroom. The living room is 7 m x 4.5 m with a cathedral ceiling at a max height of 3 meters. I'm taking down the existing fireplace an plan to replace with a new fireplace and the plan was to have room heat only stove(no back boiler) to put in the new hearth, we had wanted a big inglenook style fireplace with a timber overmantel The issue (so Iv'e been told) is that we can't put a big stove in the max would be a 4kw due to the heat that would come from it and the UFCH on at the same time but this would look stupid as they are tiny in such a big fireplace, Can I turn down the zone for the Living room while the stove is on or would this defeat the purpose of the UFCH?? I would really appreciate any advice from anyone who has expertise in this Area, Thanks a mill Johnny

 

[Riley]

If not installed correctly solid fuel set ups are deadly. I would suggest you get a properly qualified HETAS engineer out to advise you appropriately

 

[JohnnyK]

If not installed correctly solid fuel set ups are deadly. I would suggest you get a properly qualified HETAS engineer out to advise you appropriately

Thanks, I will be getting a heating engineer to advise I was wondering more about the size of the stove verses the ufch cheers

 

[Riley]

It will need sizing correctly and I’d say it would be remiss for us to do this remotely without seeing the full set up

 

[JohnnyK]

It will need sizing correctly and I’d say it would be remiss for us to do this remotely without seeing the full set up

Thanks a mill,it's early stages yet starting from scratch now plumbing or water in the cottage at the moment

 

[Riley]

Its definitely doable just get installers in sooner rather than later now to ensure that you’re doing it properly to avoid issues in the future