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Hi, have installed a new boiler stove. It's a Nestor Martin Stanford 140B. Installed with 1" pipes, 3 speed pump and also stat located near stove.
Linked into existing sytem of 300L triple coil cylinder. We've OFCH & 60 solar tubes. Haven't had oil on since last Fri.
From 9am this morning fire was going & solar generating but rads did not start to get warm until 12 noon. Even at 12 the rads are only reaching cool to luke warm. Was a bit dissapointed after investing so much in this new system.
Noticed last night that the hw cylinder was reading 65 deg but this morning 55. This had been set to dump heat to rads once tank temp reaches over 65.
Looking for advice on where we could be losing this heat & should the rads be getting warmer than this without the oil?
Sorry should add house is 2600 sq ft, 15 rads in total. 8 large, 4 medium & 3 small. Some turned off.
Thanks
Noticed last night that the hw cylinder was reading 65 deg but this morning 55. This had been set to dump heat to rads once tank temp reaches over 65.
From 9am this morning fire was going & solar generating but rads did not start to get warm until 12 noon. Even at 12 the rads are only reaching cool to luke warm. Was a bit dissapointed after investing so much in this new system.
Looking for advice on where we could be losing this heat & should the rads be getting warmer than this without the oil?
Sorry should add house is 2600 sq ft, 15 rads in total. 8 large, 4 medium & 3 small. Some turned off.
If you really want to make your room warm then you should choose chimney balloons for your chimney. They are easy to install and very effective in stopping the cold air to come down from chimney.
The straightest route which we've gone for with the pipes are is out from the chimney breast to external wall (lagged, insulated & boxed in trunking), straight up along chimney breast to roof, in through attic, straight above hotpress & dropped down to cylinder. In total 4 1/2 lenghts of copper were used.
The pump is located beside the stove on the 1" pipes. It was left on setting 1 with a pipe stat for 35 degs to make pump kick in.
Rads are only getting to luke warm when cylinder is at the 65. Fire was burning well for a few hours, couldn't leave your hand on the stove.
I will give the plumber a call but weren't sure if this could be something on our side.
Really appreciate your help
Thanks Shane, set pipe stat now to 55. This was at 35 because of hearing bubbling at stove during our first burn
Can't see a marking on the pump like this. It's a Heat Merchants HM5-130 5M head domestic circulating pump. This is on the 1" pumping from stove to the copper tank.
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