ᐅ How does the control of a water-based fireplace connected to the underfloor heating system work?

Hello,

we recently visited a log house. The heating and domestic hot water system consists of a wood-burning stove with a water jacket, combined with a solar thermal system (or solar collectors? – I’m not sure. In any case, it covers 8m² (86 sq ft)) and a buffer tank. That’s all. (Except for an emergency heating coil inside the buffer tank). I only had a rough interest during the visit, so I didn’t go deeper into the topic and am now asking here:

The heating (meaning the stove) is connected to the underfloor heating system. How exactly does the control work? Because apparently, there is a thermostat in each room that allows them to switch the heating on or off per room.

But the stove keeps running all the time, right? – You can’t just turn the stove off quickly. How does this regulation work? I can imagine that the buffer tank absorbs the excess heat, but after a while, the water would get extremely hot and then constantly overflow through the safety discharge, wouldn’t it? (Waste of water?)

Is it possible to control this heating system based on temperature?

Who has experience with this?

Why does the stove make a loud bang? No wood, no fire—it should be obvious. You don’t need to fill the stove all the way to the top with logs.

The underfloor heating system probably has a pump that circulates water through the respective loops, which are in turn controlled by thermostats in each room.

This is just my amateur understanding.

No, but I thought in winter it has to run quite often... and once it’s on, you can’t just turn it off. Sure, you can let it run out, but then there’s no heating at all^^

There is also “a little bit of wood,” not like in a car where it’s just engine off and full throttle.

jojo is ok 😉