Hi
I would appreciate some advice.
In the process of buying a 4 bed house with contains an 8 year old gravity-fed heating system.
What I would like to do is:
-upgrade the boiler to a newer (condensing) one (WB/Vailant?)
-free up space in the loft by getting shot of the HW tank in it which stands in the centre of the loft and possibly also the CW tank.
-ideally do minimal new pipework etc etc
-probably look to have separate upstairs/downstairs heat zones.
I think the house/family is not appropriate for a combi which might have been the simplest way to do this.
Am I right in thinking a possible solution is to leave vented (that means gravity right?) CH system (I guess this means having a small header tank for this in loft?) and a pressurised (unvented?) CW solution?
If so I take it the cylinder can move out of the loft but I would still need to find space for a 210l tank?
I would not be doing any of this work but would like to have an idea of the solution I wanted before I chase appropriate people to do it.
Thanks
I would appreciate some advice.
In the process of buying a 4 bed house with contains an 8 year old gravity-fed heating system.
What I would like to do is:
-upgrade the boiler to a newer (condensing) one (WB/Vailant?)
-free up space in the loft by getting shot of the HW tank in it which stands in the centre of the loft and possibly also the CW tank.
-ideally do minimal new pipework etc etc
-probably look to have separate upstairs/downstairs heat zones.
I think the house/family is not appropriate for a combi which might have been the simplest way to do this.
Am I right in thinking a possible solution is to leave vented (that means gravity right?) CH system (I guess this means having a small header tank for this in loft?) and a pressurised (unvented?) CW solution?
If so I take it the cylinder can move out of the loft but I would still need to find space for a 210l tank?
I would not be doing any of this work but would like to have an idea of the solution I wanted before I chase appropriate people to do it.
Thanks