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Alright I see there is a few plumbers/knowledgable people on here. At moment i'm just going throu planning and have bought an old ruin out in the sticks. Trying to get my head round the best heating/plumbing system but i seem to be going round in circles. It is a rip back to masonry job so got a blank canvas, so to speak. I was hoping/planning to put underfloor heating in and have masses off free firewood, so wanting to use a log burner to heat as much as possible. It is only a 2 bed room althou about 100m sq wihich is fairly big for a 2 bed (long story but ackward space) and will be insulated to modern standards I have looked at ur modern RHI/log gasification type boilers but ur looking at 10-15k just for a boiler and tank, possibly i should make the same money back in RHI payments but u won't know until ur house is completed and green deal assesed, plus it is a hell of a money for a 2 bed house My other idea was a log burner in front room connected to a hot water system, which is probably wot i will go for, But it means i will have to put the fire on in middle of summer to get hot water (no option of any solar becuase of trees and position of site) which i could probably live with Also wot would happen in a power cut can u still use the fire? or do u need electricity to work the pumps or can u put an old fashioned gravity fed system in? Would hate to be out of power in cold weather and not be able to put the fire on. Althou i understand the underfloor heating would not work without the pumps working, but it was just to use the log burner to heat the house with all the doors open The more i read the more complicated it all seems, which seems quite ironic when ur old fashioned back box system was so simple. Finally i'm thinking of trying to put in a rain water harvesting system as on private shared water supply. My neighbours say in a very dry summer pressure can drop but been fine this year and it has been dry Wot can u use rain water for? Is it just flushing toilets, washing machine and outside tap? Can u use it in showers? If just for flushing toilets and washing machines seems a lot of work for little water saved. I am going to have to put a filter and UV light on my main water anyway, could i put a 2nd filter/light in and do the same on the rain water to use it for showers/baths Cheers for any advice.