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Hi all,
I have a house with an ATAG 32 kilowatt combi. It heats only a warm air unit with a copper coil unit nothing else. It works very well. I have a single floor, flat roof out-building at the bottom of the garden that is being converted to living accommodation, which is about 20 foot from the main house. Getting a gas pipe to it is not on as the meter is not big enough to supply another combi. I am going to install a small thermal store as this is the best solution to the needs.
The main house needs about 12 kilowatt of heat from the boiler. The boiler is man enough to heat the house and the out-building. This means I have to run underground two hot pipes, the flow and return, from the main house to the out-building. I intend to run two continuous plastic pipes in 110mm plastic drain pipes at 1 metre deep. The run maybe about 35 foot in length. If the pump on the ATAG is not man enough I can also put in a smart pump as a booster for the out-building. The flow and return pipes having insulation around them. Once in the ground the 110mm pipe will have a layer of insulation foam over the pipe to give extra insulation. A separate conduit, or direct burial cable, will be run for the control wiring.
Doe anyone see any problems with the underground hot pipes?
Is there special pipe for hot water with integrated insulation available?
Views are most welcome.
I have a house with an ATAG 32 kilowatt combi. It heats only a warm air unit with a copper coil unit nothing else. It works very well. I have a single floor, flat roof out-building at the bottom of the garden that is being converted to living accommodation, which is about 20 foot from the main house. Getting a gas pipe to it is not on as the meter is not big enough to supply another combi. I am going to install a small thermal store as this is the best solution to the needs.
The main house needs about 12 kilowatt of heat from the boiler. The boiler is man enough to heat the house and the out-building. This means I have to run underground two hot pipes, the flow and return, from the main house to the out-building. I intend to run two continuous plastic pipes in 110mm plastic drain pipes at 1 metre deep. The run maybe about 35 foot in length. If the pump on the ATAG is not man enough I can also put in a smart pump as a booster for the out-building. The flow and return pipes having insulation around them. Once in the ground the 110mm pipe will have a layer of insulation foam over the pipe to give extra insulation. A separate conduit, or direct burial cable, will be run for the control wiring.
Doe anyone see any problems with the underground hot pipes?
Is there special pipe for hot water with integrated insulation available?
Views are most welcome.