I have located an ideal spot in my bathroom to install a new boiler.
However, I want to do this work with minimum damage to the surrounding tiled walls and floor.
I have a plan to this effect. I'm going to build an airing cupboard. . .
The location I have specified has the wash basin 3 feet to the right - with mains cold and tank-fed hot, and a drain to the soil stack. It is next to the landing, where there are the feed and return CH pipes, and the gas pipe in 15mm - there is easy access to under the stairs where the gas meter lives to change this to 22mm.
The CH pipes under the landing are ideal in my opinion because they have 3 radiators off them in one direction, and 3 in the other, so a branch could be taken off here to the new boiler in 22mm to feed both directions in 15mm, with the existing boiler feed being blanked off at the "first" radiator.
I assume all of this is ok - if not let me know. There is a new electrical supply dedicated to the heating in the loft ready to go.
What I'm wanting to know is if the under-basin pipework is likely to be capable of supplying the rest of the system. Both hot and cold under there are 15mm. Are these ok to branch off as feed and supply for the boiler and blank off where they currently go into the loft? I can box these in for their short run to the boiler.
I want to remove all pipework from the loft - apart from the hot and cold feed to the shower, which will have to run up there as they currently do. The shower will be replaced with a standard mixer instead of the power mixer.
Does all this sound ok? Sorry for the long post.
Cheers.
However, I want to do this work with minimum damage to the surrounding tiled walls and floor.
I have a plan to this effect. I'm going to build an airing cupboard. . .
The location I have specified has the wash basin 3 feet to the right - with mains cold and tank-fed hot, and a drain to the soil stack. It is next to the landing, where there are the feed and return CH pipes, and the gas pipe in 15mm - there is easy access to under the stairs where the gas meter lives to change this to 22mm.
The CH pipes under the landing are ideal in my opinion because they have 3 radiators off them in one direction, and 3 in the other, so a branch could be taken off here to the new boiler in 22mm to feed both directions in 15mm, with the existing boiler feed being blanked off at the "first" radiator.
I assume all of this is ok - if not let me know. There is a new electrical supply dedicated to the heating in the loft ready to go.
What I'm wanting to know is if the under-basin pipework is likely to be capable of supplying the rest of the system. Both hot and cold under there are 15mm. Are these ok to branch off as feed and supply for the boiler and blank off where they currently go into the loft? I can box these in for their short run to the boiler.
I want to remove all pipework from the loft - apart from the hot and cold feed to the shower, which will have to run up there as they currently do. The shower will be replaced with a standard mixer instead of the power mixer.
Does all this sound ok? Sorry for the long post.
Cheers.
