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Bio mass boiler for rental property
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<blockquote data-quote="farmerm" data-source="post: 7342089" data-attributes="member: 7195"><p>I have been very happy with ours biomass but I couldn't even consider if for a rental unless it was 100% tenant proof which requires a significantly higher standard than something that is fool proof!! Ultimately we don't pay for the fuel but we are responsible for servicing and maintenance costs.. for us when we eventually change from oil it will most likely be driven by EPC requirements. </p><p></p><p>Again the running costs of air source would not be my primary concern... I would think air source will cost about 30% more to install than a straight replacement of boiler? though this may be offset by other costs.. consider when you might need to replace the oil tank and if modern rules means the replacement also need relocating, the rules have changed... that might make the cost of switch to air source less unappealing... When you say your boiler is coming to the end of life.. which bit of it? A couple of years ago we had an oil boiler that was being a real pain, we though we would have to replace the whole boiler but then, must to the disappointment of my engineer, I found I could source a brand new complete burner unit for a very small sum.. to all intensive purposes its a new boiler in the skin of an old boiler for not much more than a weeks rent, hoping for another 20 years but its already paid for itself... </p><p>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerm, post: 7342089, member: 7195"] I have been very happy with ours biomass but I couldn't even consider if for a rental unless it was 100% tenant proof which requires a significantly higher standard than something that is fool proof!! Ultimately we don't pay for the fuel but we are responsible for servicing and maintenance costs.. for us when we eventually change from oil it will most likely be driven by EPC requirements. Again the running costs of air source would not be my primary concern... I would think air source will cost about 30% more to install than a straight replacement of boiler? though this may be offset by other costs.. consider when you might need to replace the oil tank and if modern rules means the replacement also need relocating, the rules have changed... that might make the cost of switch to air source less unappealing... When you say your boiler is coming to the end of life.. which bit of it? A couple of years ago we had an oil boiler that was being a real pain, we though we would have to replace the whole boiler but then, must to the disappointment of my engineer, I found I could source a brand new complete burner unit for a very small sum.. to all intensive purposes its a new boiler in the skin of an old boiler for not much more than a weeks rent, hoping for another 20 years but its already paid for itself... . [/QUOTE]
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