Recent content by Mike_Iver

This pipe is HOT. If it were merely warm I wouldn't be concerned. I have yet to lag it, purely because I want to fix the issue and know it's fixed, then I'll lag it. I don't think it's convection - although as previously stated I'm no expert

Wow really? The hot comes out of the cylinder HORIZONTALLY. Then there are a number of 90 degree fittings, and then a 45 degree upward and sideways movement, then horizontally to the Tee piece. Then both of the Tee'ed pieces go vertical. The pipe is only hot for the first 3-4 metres (where the...

Thanks First off, I may not be an expert, but I am not an idiot either (arguably). I have had the installs looked at by 2 G3 qualified plumbers, both of which were happy with it, one did express concern about reusing the 3 bar reducer (which is fair enough). Neither plumber discovered the...

It will heat it FASTER, but not hotter I plan on doing the same with one of my rads. Reason being I have solar PV and export my electric. I cannot use solar PV -> immersion heaters (as my cylinder doesn't have an accessible immersion) so I plan on using the exported electric to power 3 x rad...

I'll start by saying I am not a plumber and definately not an expert! But here's my experience Oil heating, large house 6 beds. and <ouch> a swimming pool. Heating and Hot water costs were around £13,000 a year!!!! Replaced 2 x water cylinders for Ecocent air source heat pump water heaters...

Hi A while ago we replaced a Megaflo for an Ecocent hot water cylinder. Unvented Due to the size of the new cylinder we had to relocate it slightly. But otherwise we used all the same fittings as previously The hot water outlet from the cylinder is HOT. I mean the heat travels metres along...