This is my first post so please bear with me.
I am currently renovating a 1960's house and am planning to install a totally new plumbing system througout. My intention is to install a megaflo and boiler in the loft. To ensure a sufficient flow rate I am installing a new 35mm mdpe water main from the stop tap in the pavement and arranging for Veolia to connect from the stop tap to the main.
I just about grasp the principals of pipe diameter, flow rate and pressure so my question is this....(once the mdpe pipe is in the house I will be running everything in copper)
Would I be better off running a single 28mm copper pipe up to the megaflo in the loft and teeing off it for the cold water supplies to the various installations. Or, would it be better to split the pipe somewhere near the point of entry and run separate 22mm pipe for the megaflo and another for the cold water supplies?
Finally would there be any advantage in running the supply to the megaflo in 25mm MDPE? if so is there a manifold/connection which would connect onto a 35mm MDPE with 1 port allowing connection to 25mm MDPE and the other allowing connection to 22mm Copper.
Any other tips or advice would be welcome
I am currently renovating a 1960's house and am planning to install a totally new plumbing system througout. My intention is to install a megaflo and boiler in the loft. To ensure a sufficient flow rate I am installing a new 35mm mdpe water main from the stop tap in the pavement and arranging for Veolia to connect from the stop tap to the main.
I just about grasp the principals of pipe diameter, flow rate and pressure so my question is this....(once the mdpe pipe is in the house I will be running everything in copper)
Would I be better off running a single 28mm copper pipe up to the megaflo in the loft and teeing off it for the cold water supplies to the various installations. Or, would it be better to split the pipe somewhere near the point of entry and run separate 22mm pipe for the megaflo and another for the cold water supplies?
Finally would there be any advantage in running the supply to the megaflo in 25mm MDPE? if so is there a manifold/connection which would connect onto a 35mm MDPE with 1 port allowing connection to 25mm MDPE and the other allowing connection to 22mm Copper.
Any other tips or advice would be welcome