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Hi guys Update: work is underway! Specs: - Worcester Bosch 30CDI system boiler - Worcester Bosch 300L unvented cylinder with immersion, twin coil, and secondary return connections - 32mm MDPE pipe to upgrade the water supply pipe - Secondary return circuit - Worcester Wave controls They...

Hi all We're having a new heating system installed, replacing a Ravenheat combi with a Worcester Bosch 30CDI and 300L unvented cylinder. The plumber's quote included a 'cold water flush' by default, with a power flush being a £490 optional extra. He's not given it the hard sell at all...

Great info. I was wondering whether or not building regs actually required this though?

You are quite happy to tile but need a pro to fit a toilet? This seems the wrong way round to me! You'd tile first, leaving the tiles through which the pipes will go until last, then drill a hole with a diamond coated holesaw for the pipes, then fix towel warmer to wall using suitable fixing...

;) I meant a permanent reduction in main pressure not as a result of maintenance, but yeah, that's not great either! On a separate note, someone has told me 'you can't over size a regular boiler for a property, your system wouldn't comply with building regulations'...is this true? Surely a home...

Thanks bernardgreen. At the beck and call of the water company then I guess. I wonder what people do when they spend £ks on a shiny new unvented installation, then suffer a large drop in mains pressure (but still at or above the legal / guaranteed minimum). That can't be fun.

Thanks, I've looked into accumulators and am not sure I fancy another huge tank taking up space so I'm going to do the mains and see if that means I don't need one. 4 bar static should forgo the need for an accumulator with a nice fat water pipe, I hope... I've had two plumbers out to quote...

Thanks for the reply Tony. I'm investing in this house so I want a proper job, and am happy to pay for this if it means no shortcuts will be taken in the name of profitability. I far prefer it when a tradesman prices for a proper job rather than a cheap / quick one. What sort of performance...

What stat have you already got? I have a Tado and it's excellent, looks nice and clean / minimalistic, and has a low cost of entry. However I had an existing analogue wall dial stat in the hallway that was a straight swap, so I didn't have to pay anyone to come and install it. When I got mine...

Surely a large vented hot water cylinder and pump is the answer here?

As someone who knows next to nothing about water byelaws, if this were true, it would be the point at which I thought "**** it" and ignored them. I've done this before and the only thing I remember reading is that some shower pump manufacturers don't like you putting pumps under baths.

Hi all 4 bed detached, two bathrooms and cloakroom, 16 rads, and 4 people including two young children. Out hot water demands are growing by the day and if it wasn't already awful for just the two of us, our 10 year old Ravenheat combi boiler is proving entirely insufficient for our water...

:( Thanks for your help! :wink:

This is the rest of the kitchen. We've got the names of a couple of builders so we'll ask them to come out to quote. Many thanks.

Ah OK. I've had another look at there's a very solid feeling column in the corner that juts into the kitchen, made obvious by the crack that you can just make out in this picture: So in order to remove that, I'd have to get a beam run across the entire width of the kitchen from old...