Log burners

[Tarrel]

Wood-burning Rayburn in the kitchen, providing cooking, some space-heating and feeding a thermal store to run radiators and hot water. Supported by external oil-fed boiler which also feeds the thermal store. Thermal store has a 3kW immersion heater as a back-up.

We run the Rayburn 24/7 from October through April. During the summer hot water is provided from the oil boiler and we cook on an electric oven/hob in the utility room.

The oil boiler and the circulation pump for the radiators need electricity, but the Rayburn doesn't. In a grid-down situation it still provides cooking, some space heating and hot water for baths, showers and the kitchen.