There seem to be a few people on this forum running Rayburns for cooking and heating. My husband and I have had a solid fuel Rayburn for cooking only for about 20 years and absolutely love it. However, we recently decided to go one step further and we bought a 2nd hand one with a boiler. This morning the boiler repair man said that our 14 year old combi boiler is not worth repairing - it's still running but drips continuously from several places - so the issue of getting the 'new' Rayburn fitted has been brought to the fore. Mr F rang round several solid fuel boiler fitters over lunchtime and could not find anyone who would fit a 2nd-hand Rayburn. How have people got on with fitting these themselves? We are both relatively practical and technically minded, but we are extremely busy with farming etc and to be honest I feel a bit out of my depth with this. We do actually have a relative who has done just this and will be able to offer advice, but he is also extremely busy. So I'm just really trying to find out how realistic this is to do it ourselves, what we need to be aware of, how do you connect to another system so that you can have hot water in summer without lighting the Rayburn? Any advice.
Thank you