ChatterBank1 min ago
back boilers
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i have a large shed come greenhouse on a allotment is there any way i can fit raddiators in greenhouse without power i can make a fire to make hot water buy do i need a pump how did old back boillers work
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Why not just get a woodburning stove and vent it up thru the roof / wall? taking care to put a heat soak around the pipe where it penetrates the wall / roof of course.
17:34 Tue 19th Jan 2010
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Back boilers were gravity feed. They used large bore pipework, and relied on the fact that circulation would occur due to the water returning from the radiators being cooler than the hot flowing to the rads. Not sure how you'd get it to work in your situation, maybe just 2 rads joined up? One next to your woodburner, one at the far end of the shed.