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Hi, could I impose on you guys for some info/advice.
We are about to re do our bathroom but first I think we have to replace the dhw cylinder.
Situation is, 3 bed Wimpey semi (ie.small) the current cylinder (120 ltrs, 900x450) was moved up to the loft about 15 years ago, the cwst was also raised to 1.3 mtrs above loft floor level. We have a Mira power shower and this is on the whole working not to bad (fed from normal house take off but with a dedicated cold feed from the cwst), slight aeration when demanding more hot water.
As part of the bathroom refurb we are thinking of a drench shower/steam cabin. I’m concerned that the current setup may not provide enough hot water for 3 people to shower (one after the other). The option of fitting an Essex flange to the 30+ year old dhw cylinder is out of the question, anyway I think its too small. And to be honest I would like to replace it with maybe a thermal store or similar.
It would be heated from the current Glow worm Flexicom condensing system boiler. This would allow mains pressure hot water and would also feed the radiators for space heating. Am I correct in thinking it would require two pumps?
We would also like to future proof with the option to fit solar panels, somewhere down the line.
The thing is would it practical to install a thermal store in the loft?
Also, are there any recommendations regarding make/model etc.
I hope this makes sense.
Thanks.
We are about to re do our bathroom but first I think we have to replace the dhw cylinder.
Situation is, 3 bed Wimpey semi (ie.small) the current cylinder (120 ltrs, 900x450) was moved up to the loft about 15 years ago, the cwst was also raised to 1.3 mtrs above loft floor level. We have a Mira power shower and this is on the whole working not to bad (fed from normal house take off but with a dedicated cold feed from the cwst), slight aeration when demanding more hot water.
As part of the bathroom refurb we are thinking of a drench shower/steam cabin. I’m concerned that the current setup may not provide enough hot water for 3 people to shower (one after the other). The option of fitting an Essex flange to the 30+ year old dhw cylinder is out of the question, anyway I think its too small. And to be honest I would like to replace it with maybe a thermal store or similar.
It would be heated from the current Glow worm Flexicom condensing system boiler. This would allow mains pressure hot water and would also feed the radiators for space heating. Am I correct in thinking it would require two pumps?
We would also like to future proof with the option to fit solar panels, somewhere down the line.
The thing is would it practical to install a thermal store in the loft?
Also, are there any recommendations regarding make/model etc.
I hope this makes sense.
Thanks.
