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Opti's place is quite large, from what I understand, and for any kind of heat pump to have a chance of actually heating the place he'd need underfloor heating as a minimum.
I've watched several videos and tv shows about these contraptions, and they only ever work with underfloor heating, huge radiators and efficient thermal insulation. The precludes about 90% of British homes.

Only one experience, neighbor had one (bearing in mind this was 10+ yrs ago). It was a right PITA. It was fed by wood pellets, so needed a massive hopper with a screw arrangement to pull them into the boiler. It was dead fussy on pellet size or it got jammed up. Dead fussy on pellet water content (too high and it gave out break all heat) so you either had to time your deliveries perfectly or use an electric drier to keep the water content down in your pellet store.

In your shoes I'd fit a new oil boiler, if one was required. Or a heat pump if your house is a)well insulated and b) you can find someone who *actually* knows what they're doing to do the heat loss calcs and the install.

No direct experience myself, but a friend rented a farmhouse out in the sticks which had just had one fitted a few years ago and she said they were going through wood and pellets like they were going out of fashion. 

A couple of years ago I considered having a wood burner with a back boiler to run the radiators, but after some investigation decided that I'd be spending more on wood than gas as you have to have burning really well to heat the water, so never bothered.

I'm sure there are plenty of YouTube vids about biomass boilers giving the pros and cons. 

Have you thought about an air source heat pump? 

I tend to think it is best to give them a wide berth. They seem compromised much of the time.

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There was a programme on a few nights ago and two families who had these air source heat pumps were complaining about how inefficient they were compared to the gas boilers they had previously, the air source pumps were struggling to provide enough warmth and were costing an absolute fortune to run.

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didnt there used to be a car stereo repair engineer on here once ?

Dave DND

didnt there used to be a car stereo repair engineer on here once ?

Charged the Range Rover battery, after being careless..😄

I know that they have banned new installations of oil burning boilers, but I thought you could still replace them?   

What about LPG? 

Why bother installing an lpg tank if you've already got an oil tank?

I know that they have banned new installations of oil burning boilers, but I thought you could still replace them?   

What about LPG? 

hi .quick question regarding a car stereo .
what component on the circuit board is responsible of the turning on and off function when you press the momentary switch on the front ?
is it a chip or a type of transistor doing this ?
reason for asking i have a 90's blaupunkt in one of my cavs which turns on and off only when it feels like it
googling it or AI isnt too specific on this question either ??