Heating Utility Room With a Chinese Diesel Heater

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As it would be a major job pipping a central heating radiator into our utility room I started to look at other various options first a electric blower and that was costing a fortune in electricity , then tried a electric oil filled radiator and that turned out not to be efficient , so I decided to go for a freestanding diesel heater
This would fit down the side of the washer perfect
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Next was to drill through the outside wall for the exhaust outlet , be careful , as you can see the vibration of the large drill bit caused a lot of the pointing to fall out of the brickwork . Another job for next summer
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The battery and charger sat at the rear of the unit perfect
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Next was to drill a hole through the back wall into the lean to brick shed for the fuel line into a 20ltr fuel tank

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All to do now is test it

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Not only does it heat the utility room but the kitchen is attached to this room and it also heats this room up as well , both rooms warm as toast , what a great result
 

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Forgot to say when I first fired it up the smell of diesel fumes was fairly strong , after investigating I found the joint on the exhaust pipe and the 22mm copper pipe was not a good fit , so I got some fire cement and gave the joint a good covering with the cement and now the diesel fumes smell is no longer around when the heater starts up or is running
 
jeffmossy said:
Forgot to say when I first fired it up the smell of diesel fumes was fairly strong , after investigating I found the joint on the exhaust pipe and the 22mm copper pipe was not a good fit , so I got some fire cement and gave the joint a good covering with the cement and now the diesel fumes smell is no longer around when the heater starts up or is running
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What are your thoughts on using one of these heaters in a conservatory? Do they make much noise?
 
saxonborg said:
What are your thoughts on using one of these heaters in a conservatory? Do they make much noise?
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I would not hesitate now I have installed mine , it makes about as much noise as a electric heater , obviously the higher you have it the stronger it starts to blow , I am over the moon with the results of mine , even better than I thought it would be
 
Thanks.
Great idea !
Would also do well in a summerhouse/chalet/logcabin/homeoffice.
With a small solar panel connected to the battery..you could be mains independent.
12V LED lighting..even a TV/laptop
 
You have done exactly what I have just done in my workshop.
Brilliant heater, the only difference is I have added a silencer on the outside wall as it is a bit noisy otherwise.
I like your idea of an external big fuel drum
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These also run off central heating oil (presently around 40p per litre but I bought 1000 litres a few months ago at 20p a litre) or red diesel, a bit more.
 
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What’s the fuel consumption like? I’ve been considering one of these to heat a room attached to the house.
 
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