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back boiler

n
(Mechanical Engineering) a tank or series of pipes at the back of a fireplace for heating water. US name: water back
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To the house itself, and the ground floor comprises a living room with attractive fireplace, open fire and back boiler which heats the radiators and water.
On entering the property, in typical country cottage style, you are lead straight into a cosy sitting room, where you are guaranteed a warm welcome from the open fireplace with red brick surround and slate hearth housing multi-fuel burner with back boiler.
Christopher Hobaiter, 33, had a tenant in the Wilton Street property in central Middlesbrough, but didn't have the gas fire or back boiler checked for "a considerable period of time".
So there we were, filthy as usual, no water to drink, never mind wash and not able to light the open fire for fear the back boiler might do something untoward if we did.
I feel my concern seems to have been put on the back boiler and this obvious problem with the school has not been actioned seeing as this is same set of figures as the last time it was published.
You can choose a wood-burning stove with a traditional kitchen range look, with a wood-burning back boiler providing hot water for radiators and the main hot water cylinder.
QOUR new boiler means we now have an obsolete back boiler and unusable gas fire in front of it.