Central Heating

[Derrick Hughes]

As any one ever seen one of these ,in a big old farm house , it blows hot air to every room in the house ,what does it run off ?

 

[Steevo]

I’m pretty sure those cables mean it would run off electricity.

 

[guernseydonkey]

Looks like the winn warm air heaters that we used to heat glasshouses with years ago.
Ran on diesel,with polythene tubes running the length of the glasshouse to distribute the warm air.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Looks like the winn warm air heaters that we used to heat glasshouses with years ago.
Ran on diesel,with polythene tubes running the length of the glasshouse to distribute the warm air.

It has a load of square tunnells running under the house to each room

 

[Still Farming]

Looks bit like a modernized old system?

 

[guernseydonkey]

It has a load of square tunnells running under the house to each room

Sounds like a very similar set up,.have heard of houses with ducting and grilles in the floors for a forced warm air heating system.

 

[Doing it for the kids]

Had one in wales. Oil fired, but heats air rather than water.

Quick warming up but quick cooling down.

Dog used to love shoving head down vents and falling asleep!

 

[Kevtherev]

Carbon monoxide

 

[Paddington]

Lived in a modern house (then) with this heating. On a winter's day the motor would run for 14hours or more to keep the house warm. Once the motor went off you had a cold house. Seem to remember they had Brooks motors which were constantly breaking down. If you wanted to dry wet clothing you had to put it in front of a vent which meant the rest of the room was cold. Moved to a cottage with a logburner which was more reliable and warmer.

 

[Flatlander]

Forced air heating is the most common here. As said it’s quick to warm the house up and can have ac added relatively easy. Much more controlled than a water/ radiator system that’s slow to change. Electric is best. No carbon monoxide or furnace to buy or maintain just heater elements and a fan.

 

[ewald]

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[devonbeef]

As any one ever seen one of these ,in a big old farm house , it blows hot air to every room in the house ,what does it run off ?
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yes my bungalow build 1968 not by me had this system ,have vents come up in all rooms out of floor, vents above every door, guts running the show had been ripped out, storage heaters put in as replacement

 

[Baker9]

The only heaters of that type I have ever seen are oil fired and the heat exchanger was the weak point, it would crack and then the combustion gasses would pass through the building which was not good. They are normally diesel fired and very inefficient, rip it out but check first of all very carefully for asbestos insulation in it.

 

[Paddington]

Forced air heating is the most common here. As said it’s quick to warm the house up and can have ac added relatively easy. Much more controlled than a water/ radiator system that’s slow to change. Electric is best. No carbon monoxide or furnace to buy or maintain just heater elements and a fan.

I can remember the electrician on one of his frequent visits to the house saying our system was based on a Canadian system, only ours seemed to be having teething troubles. All the houses on the estate had the ducted air system and an electric fire. The electrician said his job was like painting the Forth bridge, by the time he'd gone all round the estate the heating had failed in the first house again. The landlady was always complaining about the electricity bills.

 

[Wisconsonian]

Forced air is standard in most of North America, the centrifugal blower and ductwork is extremely common, the oil heat is much less common, and the gravity oil burner is less common still. I've never seen a forced air gravity oil furnace like that, assuming that can on the left is the gravity thermostatic control, and is connected to an oil pot type burner inside. If it's gravity oil, then it would run on #1 fuel oil, or kerosene and should have a label indicating it. But that is obviously a combustion blower also, again not something I've ever seen. The only gravity oil heaters I've seen are room heaters, without either combustion or hot air distribution blowers.

Typical #2 (diesel) oil burners will have an oil pump and nozzle driven by the combustion air blower, like a Beckett being the most popular brand here.

Where is the oil tank? Maybe outside at a higher level than the burner?

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Weighed it in this morning

 

[Red Fred]

We had a similar set up left behind in our units after a tenant left. I asked everyone I could think of if they wanted it for free, but it ended up being taken away by Metal Mickey.

 

[renewablejohn]

Used to have such heaters in the polytunnels running on kerosene but far to expensive. Replaced with sawdust burners as we were paid to dispose of sawdust.