heating options - loft conversion

4 years ago

Looking for peoples experience with this issue.

Short version:
Planning to extend into loft, need new boiler to cope with extra load and additional showers etc. Current boiler is a conventional system. We have room to keep tanks in loft space and potentially move water cylinder and boiler to loft, although would prefer to keep it on the 1st floor where there is an airing cupboard. We have investigated an unvented cylinder, but it looks like we have issues with low flow rate. I have had 5 engineers in, all with different opinions. Really keen to hear what other have done and the reasons for it.

Thanks in advance.

Chris

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obobble
4 years ago
Not sure what you mean by unvented cylinder, but we live on top of a hill and our incoming water is at less than one bar so we had to have a pressurised system with two tanks and a couple of ball shaped vessels when we extended and increased the number of bathrooms.
obobble
4 years ago
Found a photo from before cupboard built to enclose gubbins.
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bazep
Original Author
4 years ago
Thanks Obobble,
Looks like you have a pressurise/unvented system with an accumulator and a couple if expansion vessels. My understanding was that you could still only get the pressure of the mains (i.e. your 1bar) in this type of system.
What is the footprint of your cupboard to hold this, if you dont mind?

Thanks
bazep
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4 years ago
Also, any idea what the smaller box does? Is it a pump of some description?
bazep
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4 years ago
Cancel that - I see it is your boiler (oil-fired?)
obobble
4 years ago
It’s about 1.5 metres wide, the first metre is 1 metre deep then it angles back to 20 cm deep over the final 50 cm of width. The boiler is outside the cupboard. Photo attached.
obobble
4 years ago
Yes, oil fired, there’s no gas or mains drainage in our village.
obobble
4 years ago
Our showers are mains fed if that’s any help.
bazep
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4 years ago
Many thanks obobble!

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