Cold water tank almost boiling

[Darren Jackson]

Well done Cat, power of the press and some professional advice from this forum = ***RESULT*** sleepless nights for you (bliss)!

 

[sammathias]

I would say your neighbour will still need a high limit stat fitted. Which activates their heating pump to come on if their fire is overheating.

 

[Cat]

HA are going to connect downstairs neighbour to gas & install a gas central heating system
No more tank in our attic
Cat

 

[Cat]

Spot the difference...
Replaced tank until neighbours get new gas heating system installed.
Cat

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Am I missing something where's the connection and vent ?

 

[Harvest Fields]

I though that. It Looks like it is piped into the side of the tank? However I wouldn’t say that was an adequate support would you @ShaunCorbs ??

 

[Harvest Fields]

There also doesn’t look like there is an overflow

 

[ShaunCorbs]

I though that. It Looks like it is piped into the side of the tank? However I wouldn’t say that was an adequate support would you @ShaunCorbs ??

Don't know but hope it's not Kats loft hatch

 

[Harvest Fields]

It could well be.

 

[Cat]

Oh guys....what now?
Is that not looking like it should?
There was I thinking it was way better than that auld warped wee plastic tank...
Cat

 

[Cat]

It could well be.

It is the old hatch lid!!!

 

[Harvest Fields]

Can you get a pic of the other side where the pipes attach please. If it is possible.

 

[Ric2013]

Metal tank does not need to be fully supported underneath. Full support regulations only apply to plastic tanks.

 

[Harvest Fields]

Metal tank does not need to be fully supported underneath. Full support regulations only apply to plastic tanks.

Even if that is true. Would you have left it like that?

 

[Cat]

@Harvest Fields

 

[Harvest Fields]

@Harvest Fields

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Thank you. It looks like You have all pipes that you need we just couldn’t see them all.

 

[Best]

How is the vent pipe done in that tank?
Pipe insulation needed.
Not a complaint - and perfectly acceptable, but seems plumbers have to use solder elbows because they can't use a bending machine to do more than one square bend on each piece of pipe.

 

[Harvest Fields]

I would say it is piped into the top of the f&e and goes up into the air @Best

 

[Best]

Better that the vent directs any hot water downwards into the tank water I would have thought.

 

[Ric2013]

Even if that is true. Would you have left it like that?

If I had installed it, no, that's messy and why not centre it on the hatch is beyond me. But I wouldn't call it unsafe. Assuming the loft hatch is fixed in some way, and even if not then it's probably okay from a technical perspective.

 

[sammathias]

Am I missing something where's the connection and vent ?

How is the vent pipe done in that tank?
Pipe insulation needed.
Not a complaint - and perfectly acceptable, but seems plumbers have to use solder elbows because they can't use a bending machine to do more than one square bend on each piece of pipe.

Whats a bending machine?

 

[Ric2013]

Whats a bending machine?

It's a long pole which you bend the pipe around, having filled the pipe with a bending spring. Saves strain on your knees. Often has wires or a lamp attached to the top to make it look like a lamp-post or telegraph/electrical pole.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

It's a long pole which you bend the pipe around, having filled the pipe with a bending spring. Saves strain on your knees. Often has wires or a lamp attached to the top to make it look like a lamp-post or telegraph/electrical pole.

unless the pole decides its had enough and falls over

 

[Best]

Whats a bending machine?

An old bloke. Not many left anymore.

 

[sammathias]

An old bloke. Not many left anymore.

Do you still flare pipe??
Haha nah im lethal with a bender!