This
22 KW Italian Extraflame wood pellet boiler provides
heating and hot water for a 500 year old 3 bedroom
cottage in Thursley. Home owner Julian says:
“It’s fantastic - I was on Economy
7 before and its reduced my heating bills by £500
a year. The house was originally built to be heated
by wood fuel all those centuries ago, and it just
feels right to go back to this way of heating
– only I don’t have to worry about
chopping wood!”
Wood pellets are delivered by local producer
Harvest wood Fuels – based just 3 miles
away – a tonne at a time in 15kg bags on
a pallet.
The bags are stored in the basement where the
boiler is located and are poured into the integral
hopper on the boiler as necessary. To fill the
hopper takes less than 5 minutes and a full hopper
lasts for 2-3 days, though extra hopper storage
has been incorporated which can extend this period
to a week.
Julian will invest in a bulk hopper in the near
future, which will allow a bulk blown delivery
of two tonnes to be made twice a year, in much
the same way as an oil or LNG fired boiler.
Also like these more conventional types of boiler,
aside from emptying the ash in the garden once
a month, the wood pellet boiler is fully automated,
with a thermostatic control and automatic timer.
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