Piggyback an oil furnace

Steffies38 · 02-05-2012, 10:04 AM

I currently have a monster furnace which can use oil, wood or coal to heat our baseboard water rads. We use wood because the system(and the house) are not eifficent, to use oil. I happen to have a oil fired furnace. Is it possible to piggyback the oil onto the water system to use either the wood, or oil at my descretion? A shut off valve to each? And will the oil system need it's own expansion tank ?

Plumber101 · 02-05-2012, 11:05 AM

Any way to get some pics of the furnace(s)?

Bondo · 02-05-2012, 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Steffies38

I currently have a monster furnace which can use oil, wood or coal to heat our baseboard water rads. We use wood because the system(and the house) are not eifficent, to use oil. I happen to have a oil fired furnace. Is it possible to piggyback the oil onto the water system to use either the wood, or oil at my descretion? A shut off valve to each? And will the oil system need it's own expansion tank ?

Ayuh,.... Do you mean an oil Boiler,..??

A furnace heats air, a boiler heats water....

Yes, you can plumb in a boiler...
And, if the current expansion tank is big enough, no you won't need a 2nd 1...

Steffies38 · 02-06-2012, 09:47 PM

I will try and post some pics tomorrow. Cannot read any info on boiler due to staining from wood smoke. I am going to need someone to do this, just wanted to get basics and see if do-able before making any calls.Sorry and thanks