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Have a ground floor hot water cylinder, want to boost hot flow to upstairs bath with inline booster pump. Can't get to pipework near bath, so wondering if I create a new dedicated vent tee'd into pipe just after it leaves the cylinder, then install pump after new vent, and cap off old vent at cwsc. Would this work correctly ?
Any help or advice greatly appreciated thank you.
 
If I understand you correctly, you'll be leaving the old expansion/vent pipe in situ but capped off at the top. This would create a blind (aka dead leg), which is not permitted for health reasons.

If you post a diagram of your current pipework with a few distances / heights someone may be able to suggest another solution.
 

Or fit one of them will boost the flow granted not as much as a 2 bar booster pump but doesn’t require much fitting work
 
If I understand you correctly, you'll be leaving the old expansion/vent pipe in situ but capped off at the top. This would create a blind (aka dead leg), which is not permitted for health reasons.

If you post a diagram of your current pipework with a few distances / heights someone may be able to suggest another solution.
No, I`ll be capping it off just above the upstairs floor, as I know I can get to it there in some boxing
 

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