Adding a wood burner.

[godinman]

Hi All,

I currently have an oil boiler which heats a vented hot water system and runs the central heating, which is a single pipe pumped system, much like this -

Now, if I wanted to add a wood burning stove with back boiler into a room that currently has a radiator and an open fire, would it just be a case of cutting the pipe and running one end into one side of the back boiler and the other end into the other side?

Or am I correct in thinking that I'd have to have at least one none-pumped radiator connected so that it doesn't overheat the water in the event of a power cut? Do I need some sort of overheat vent or would this be included in my current oil system?

Thanks for any help, I'll obviously be getting in touch with some sort of proffesional before doing anything but I'd like to get an idea of what I'm actually talking about before asking.

 

[godinman]

It's not impossible to run the pipework back, but it is very difficult. :-/ I just want to add one in-line if it's allowed and wont burn/steam me to death in my sleep

 

[godinman]

Ahah, I'm still not entirely sure about the regulations, but that would seem to 'Connect wood burning and multi-fuel stoves directly to central heating circuits'.

http://www.fhtstoves.com/Connections.html It seems to just simply link in as I wanted, hmmm just to find some actual prices

Cheers macca.