Insert Boiler Stoves are a proven cost effective & immediate solution to the waste and inefficiency of the conventional open fireplace, whilst allowing you to keep the hearth at the heart of your room. Insert Boiler stoves work by forcing heat back into the room, not up & out the chimney. They, by their very nature prevent draughts from the chimney when the fire is not in use. Energy efficiency increases by up to 80%. In layman terms: converting less of your cash into heat. Making Insert Boiler Stoves hugely appealing as an attractive centre piece with money savings literally built in. Say goodbye to uneven room heat, no more "warm front cold back" syndrome.
The basic principles of Insert Boiler Stoves are usually attributed to Benjamin Franklyn, while others date it further back than that to China. This simple but effective technology was left undeveloped due to our dash for Gas,Oil & Electricity. With this short term luxury we have damaged the planet and exhausted supply.The time of the Insert Boiler Stove has re-arrived! Back to the past for all our futures.With all this new interest, massive strides have been made in terms of choice,ease of use & link ups with various other energy supply systems.
Convenient & effective heating is an essential requirement, quite rightly, in today's demanding consumer lead society. Developments, for example, such as pellet burners with time release hoppers have helped enhance the convenience of sustainable energy. More importantly central heating systems that rely upon gas,oil,electric or even wind & solar power can be linked up to multi Fuel Boiler Stoves, giving many of us an opportunity to immediately massively reduce our Carbon Footprint. Not bad,yet we'll still have piping hot radiators in minutes that we have come to expect in our Heating Systems. All this plus Financial Savings just from making some alterations & following the correct burning procedure of a Insert Boiler.
The burning procedure of Insert Boiler Stoves couldn't be more simple, with very little practice,which adds to our sense of achievement. Firstly, open the primary & secondary vents of your Boiler Stove. Use plenty of bone dry kindling, keeping the vents open. Using only small pieces of fuel wait until the temperature reaches around 50 degrees & if your Boiler Stove isn't thermostatically controlled turn on the radiator pump. Gradually, I repeat gradually, feed the fire with larger fuel pieces & operate vents accordingly to maintain your required temperature. Each Boiler Stove will be slightly different, but you'll quickly familiarise yourself with your Boiler Stoves best settings. On using logs, don't make the mistake of introducing large logs too early in the process. As a general rule of thumb use split logs that are moisture free no thicker than 14 cm to achieve optimum results .
The real cost savings of a link up system using solar power (photoviolactic panels) is in the initial start up energy use. The majority of energy & of course the most cost in heating water is in taking the temperature from 0 degrees to 15 degrees. The uses a massive 75% of the total energy required for the water to reach a usable heat. If Solar Panels can be utilised to keep the water at a constant warm level the amount of energy and its attendant costs is dramatically reduced. Solar power is non carbon, plentiful & renewable. With the modern PV panels no longer reliant on the suns heat, but sunlight meaning that heating convenience is maintained and cost kept to a minimum. If a viable balance of link up is used we contribute to drastically cutting carbon emissions and our utility bills, not a bad double whammy.
Even larger savings can be made by lining up solar panels with a Boiler Stove and Heat Bank. As the name suggests, a Heat Bank is a place to save & store energy for heating,but with no over draught charges & just as importantly no draughts! Not yet an option for everyone, but again an age old principle. Think system 7 storage heaters or batteries, or how masonry retains its warmth after a hot day.Making Heat Bank technology cost effective,energy efficient & environmentally kind.
Other options for link up are small wind turbines attached to a roof. Technology can now harness natures power for everyone. These turbines are rapidly becoming smaller, cheaper & more efficient. Models come with storage built in, plus any excess power can be sold back to the National Grid. The Ideal link in would be a mixture of Solar, Wind & Insert Boiler Stove system linking in your Heating & Electricity for the cost of your fuel,which because of the unique cross benefits, will be a fraction of "conventional utilities".
Although complete conversion may not, yet, be a viable all circumstances, using a selection of the options in conjunction with with an existing central heating system can give significant savings. The UK government has also introduced a series of Grants,Loans & 5% VAT rates. As long as your home has cavity wall & loft insulation. You can take advantage of up to £2,500 or 30% of the overall cost as well as having a renewable sustainable energy supply. Whilst saving money. Its that easy.
In these Credit Crunched Peak Oil times, this can only be good news, the savvy buyer profits from cheap affordable power, whilst the planet benefits from less carbon damage. And of course, a home with a renewable energy source will be highly desirable when put up for sale.
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