Loft Conversion Question (plumbing)

[Canary_Yellow]

Thanks Stu, where would the 210ltr tank have to live?! Near the boiler? or in one of the loft storage corners? Could it live in the garage which is attached to the Utility room, which is where the boiler is!? can it live in a cold place?

We have exactly that set up. Unvented cylinder in the garage and boiler on the other side of the partition wall in the utility room.

For efficiency they should be near to one another I think, and actually having the cylinder in the garage is probably best as that is likely close to where your mains water comes in which is what provides the pressure.

Worth getting a heating engineer in to properly design the system taking into account factors such as the mains water pressure to your house.

 

[User62651]

And thanks everyone for your inputs! I am waiting on plumbers and the loft company, just impatient and trying to do some sums! So some ballpark figures were extremely helpful! Thanks all!!

If you've got time might be worth checking out any energy saving grants out there, seen it before where boiler replacements attract funding through govt backed schemes. Don't think it's means tested either.

We have an ageing Ideal C32 lpg combi boiler, does OK but hopeless for baths. When our loft conversion got done (last owners) they didn't put any radiators up there. They did however plumb in a wash hand basin in a teeny little photo developing room you cannot stand up in or turn round in it's so small. People are strange. ?