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Old 26-03-2008, 10:59 AM
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Re: Heat from my gas Boiler - how can it be harnessed

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Originally Posted by Rich_ View Post

Is it not the hot water pipes that exit the burners, the ones entering will be cold mains water. It is this way on the one we have.
that is likely - some eco houses however take the cold water feed and run it through solar heaters on the roof before putting it into the boiler so he could do that with the heat exchanger principal ( though i agree with you about the unwisdom of carrying out any diy mods on a gas appliance)
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