A mate of mine is contemplating installing lpg gas CH in a "mobile" (i.e. large fixed single wide) home. I guess a combi will be in order - it only needs drive one shower. Any specific recommendations on lpg boilers, or is it just a case of go with what has a good reputation on natural gas?
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Is he planning on living in the home all year round or is it a seasonal occupation? I'd suggest he uses a solar hot water cylinder with optional input from the boiler when the sun aint sufficient. The usual method of sizing a suitable boiler for the heating/hot wated load then applies but will not place such a high rate demand on the lpg regulator/bottle installation. Thus one cylinder may suffice rather than a battery of them in parallel to achieve evaporation rates.
I think the plan is full time occupancy. There is already a fixed tank in place (refilled by lorry delivery), that probably holds the equivalent of several of the normal 47kg bottles. It currently feeds a hob and a couple of gas fires. I expect the fires would either be removed or saved for backup. I think the desire was to get shot of the existing cylinder since space is at a premium.
Not sure if anything similar is available in this country, but in Australia, these kinds of boiler are popular
The one I saw was fed from a tall single bottle which also fed a gas hob internally, this was at a "proper" house not a mobile home.
The barbie for throwing the shrimps on just used its own regular 5kg bottles :o)
Bad form to followup one's own post I think, but the specific one I saw was one of these
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