Stainless Header Tank ?????

[Dusty23]

Evening good folk of the land !

I have a job going on where by the header tank for the hot water needs resiting , the only problem is the available space is no where near a standard size tank to meet the needed volume ( 250 Litre ) . I have tried looking on the net and can not find a straight forward answer , but I am thinking of having a custom made Stainless tank fabricated to suit the size / space available . It will be a proper job , not scrap yard challenge .It will be more than suitably insulated .

My real question is , does this comply ??

Thanks in advance for your help

Sam

P.S ADM ......yes it is where you think it is !!!

 

[Chalked]

Can't see any problems apart from the weight and getting it up there.

 

[lame plumber]

link 2 smaller ones?

 

[Ermintrude]

Douglas engineers Scotland will fab you a beautiful copper one. Send insulation ect. They can even make it in 3 parts to hel fit it in.

 

[chris watkins]

Evening good folk of the land !

I have a job going on where by the header tank for the hot water needs resiting , the only problem is the available space is no where near a standard size tank to meet the needed volume ( 250 Litre ) . I have tried looking on the net and can not find a straight forward answer , but I am thinking of having a custom made Stainless tank fabricated to suit the size / space available . It will be a proper job , not scrap yard challenge .It will be more than suitably insulated .

My real question is , does this comply ??

Thanks in advance for your help

Sam

P.S ADM ......yes it is where you think it is !!!

Hi Sam
When you say a header tank are we talking an F&E serving the heating system or a cold water cistern serving what ? Hot & cold water to a dwelling ???

 

[village idiot]

I was also wondering what a header tank had to do with hot water

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

I was also wondering what a header tank had to do with hot water

it will be feeding the cylinder header tanks,cwsc,tanks all the same thing

 

[Ermintrude]

Douglas engineers

 

[albatross]

Or just join several plastic ones at the bottom.

 

[Dusty23]

Cheers for the answers guys , as Gas Man says , it will be feeding the hot water cylinder . I was considering linking tanks but the space available is 345 x 1200 x what ever height I want but would not be able to achieve the 250 litres that I need too by linking tanks . My father inlaw owns a fabrication company so price won't be an issue .

Thanks for answering my query guys , just did not know on the materials side of it as can not find anywhere that says I can , or that I can't .

Cheers Sam

 

[chris watkins]

IMHO you would still be required, under Water Reg's, to have a sealed accessible lid (with a minimum of 350mm over the top to allow access to float valve) & install a "by-law 30 kit complete with the standard air gap & O/F to water level gaps, in the same way as a standard cistern. If it servers both hot & cold then this would be a must if it is just hot then maybe a little leeway.
I would check the material (there are different grades of stainless) to be used on the WRAS web site but it should be OK, you would need to de-grease & sterilize it before use.

 

[acecharly]

I'd join a few up and make a manifold .....simples

 

[Dusty23]

It is probably going to be 304 or 316 st . It only serves to hot water cylinder and cold feed to bath and shower so not potable as the rest of the house is mains fed . The problem I have is I only have a footprint of 385 x 1200 tight with no room for fittings , but have 2000 in height , so tank can be tabbed to suit . All the relevant regs / bye laws can easily be met by making it custom for the space . I would of like to link several tanks but just don't have the footprint .

Just got got to draw it up as it is a funny shaped space all the same .