Recent content by Del1971

Thanks for all the comments folks. We've actually had a horizontal cylinder installed already and it seems to work really well (although I think anything would have been an improvement on our old system). We've got a pressurised system with a Vaillant ecotec plus boiler and a 300L...

Apologies...forgot to add that door height is 2030mmn or approx 80 inches

Hi all, We're doing a loft conversion where we need to change all doors to the stair into FD 30 doors. On the 1st floor we have original wooden doors that we'll be using as a base to upgrade to FD30 (they're 108 years old so keen to keep). The problem is the ground floor. The original...

Thanks guys for the replies, I sent an email to our structural engineer yesterday to check the load bearing issue. He's known from the start that this space is going to hold a hefty water cylinder, so hoping he's had the good sense to build in the support. We've got a couple of RSJs going...

Unfortunately our garage is detatched and quite a bit away from the house with lots of paving stones in between, otherwise would have been a good alternative.

Cheers Simon, The plumbers are sub contracted by the construction firm project managing the loft conversion. They've got a lot of experience of installing unvented systems with upright cylinders, but just haven't used horizontals before. I'd checked out a few horizontal cylinders today on...

Looking for some advice please! We've just realised that our architect hasn't left us enough headroom in our loft conversion plans to fit in a reasonable size of hot water cylinder. Have asked our plumber to look into alternatives; either a horizontal cylinder or two cylinders running...