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    Thermal store and condensing boiler: maximising condensing

    I have a Gledhill Torrent ‘solar’ thermal store heated by a solar thermal collector and a conventional heat-only boiler. The boiler has become very unreliable recently, so I will have to replace it with a condensing boiler. I would like to ensure that I am using this as efficiently as possible...
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    Cold water accumulator/potable water expansion vessel

    I have a mains pressure system with Gledhill Torrent thermal store. I have good pressure and flow (static 5 bar; dynamic 1 bar 25 l/min) to enable a good shower, but I have recently installed an en-suite, so now have two showers. Shower flow rate drops if two showers are operating, washing...
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    Upgrading pipe between stopcock and thermal store

    I have had a Gledhill Torrent thermal store installed, providing hot and cold at mains pressure at all outlets. My incoming supply is a black alkathene pipe, installed in the 1960s when the house was built. From there, a 15mm pipe runs to the thermal store, with a branch to the kitchen cold tap...
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