Hello, me after some advice again.
After my last post, I've come to the conclusion that instead of relying on a combi to supply 2 bathrooms with hot water, it would be better to go for an unvented hot water tank.
The next question is where can I put it? Ideally I'd like to have the boiler in the kitchen with a hot water cylinder in the loft (which is being converted in to an ensuite). Space is obviously a problem since the only real place to put a tank would be at the front of the house where the sloping roof will restrict the height I have to play with. So the idea of having a 250l horizontal came to mind (such as this)...
1st question: There's not a lot of information around about horizontal tanks. Some say that they are rubbish, Telford says that theirs matches the performance of a vertical tank. Is there any truth in that or is it just marketing?
2nd question: The preferred place to put the tank would be in the eaves storage space where the roof comes down to meet the front of the house (like this but without the cold tank). It might mean that we have to expand this storage area, but it's kind of dead space anyway once the roof comes below a certain level. So has anyone ever placed one in a similar position and how much space has it actually taken up? How was it boxed and what happens should it need to be replaced - could it be easily removed?
Unfortunately, the only other place we could put a cylinder is under the stairs which isn't ideal since we really need to use that for storage and I don't know what the situation would be having a water tank so close to the electrics. (Don't have an attached garage)
If anyone has any experience on this, I'd really appreciate if you could share what you have seen, done or give some pointers. Also, if I'm way off the mark here, please feel free to tell me so!
Thanks in advance.
Dave.
After my last post, I've come to the conclusion that instead of relying on a combi to supply 2 bathrooms with hot water, it would be better to go for an unvented hot water tank.
The next question is where can I put it? Ideally I'd like to have the boiler in the kitchen with a hot water cylinder in the loft (which is being converted in to an ensuite). Space is obviously a problem since the only real place to put a tank would be at the front of the house where the sloping roof will restrict the height I have to play with. So the idea of having a 250l horizontal came to mind (such as this)...
1st question: There's not a lot of information around about horizontal tanks. Some say that they are rubbish, Telford says that theirs matches the performance of a vertical tank. Is there any truth in that or is it just marketing?
2nd question: The preferred place to put the tank would be in the eaves storage space where the roof comes down to meet the front of the house (like this but without the cold tank). It might mean that we have to expand this storage area, but it's kind of dead space anyway once the roof comes below a certain level. So has anyone ever placed one in a similar position and how much space has it actually taken up? How was it boxed and what happens should it need to be replaced - could it be easily removed?
Unfortunately, the only other place we could put a cylinder is under the stairs which isn't ideal since we really need to use that for storage and I don't know what the situation would be having a water tank so close to the electrics. (Don't have an attached garage)
If anyone has any experience on this, I'd really appreciate if you could share what you have seen, done or give some pointers. Also, if I'm way off the mark here, please feel free to tell me so!
Thanks in advance.
Dave.