Hi Guys,
We've got an "OLD" Potterton Flamingo 50 in our house. It's given us notice and I am looking to replace it next month.
I had hoped it would last another year and had planned to replace the cylinder and bathroom at the same time, but sadly funds won't allow for this at this time. I'm going to have to replace the boiler and rads now and leave the rest until another time.
Having had a look at the existing system it would appear that the boiler has a 22mm feed, 22mm return and a 15mm feed (I'm assuming the 15mm feed is for the gas). I can't see any other connections on it.
I think the 22mm pipe goes to and from a tri-port valve in our airing cupboard in the bathroom. This then serves the DHW and CH circuit from there.
I'm planning on replacing the boiler with a Viessmann Vitodens 200-W system boiler.
From the installation diagram it would appear that it would control the DHW and CH circuits independently and these connections would need to be made at the boiler.
Question: Would you connect the existing 22mm pipes straight to and from the cylinder and then remove the tri-port valve?
I guess I could then run new 15mm pipework from the boiler to a radiator to connect the CH circuit up independently... Would it matter which radiator it connected to first?
The boiler is in the kitchen and there is a bedroom directly above it - would it be ok to tap into the circuit here?
I'm just trying to get the best solution clear in my head so that when I get quotes I know what to ask for and I'm not lead down the garden path...
If you can think of anything else that would be useful at this point I am all ears.
Cheers,
Blondebier
We've got an "OLD" Potterton Flamingo 50 in our house. It's given us notice and I am looking to replace it next month.
I had hoped it would last another year and had planned to replace the cylinder and bathroom at the same time, but sadly funds won't allow for this at this time. I'm going to have to replace the boiler and rads now and leave the rest until another time.
Having had a look at the existing system it would appear that the boiler has a 22mm feed, 22mm return and a 15mm feed (I'm assuming the 15mm feed is for the gas). I can't see any other connections on it.
I think the 22mm pipe goes to and from a tri-port valve in our airing cupboard in the bathroom. This then serves the DHW and CH circuit from there.
I'm planning on replacing the boiler with a Viessmann Vitodens 200-W system boiler.
From the installation diagram it would appear that it would control the DHW and CH circuits independently and these connections would need to be made at the boiler.
Question: Would you connect the existing 22mm pipes straight to and from the cylinder and then remove the tri-port valve?
I guess I could then run new 15mm pipework from the boiler to a radiator to connect the CH circuit up independently... Would it matter which radiator it connected to first?
The boiler is in the kitchen and there is a bedroom directly above it - would it be ok to tap into the circuit here?
I'm just trying to get the best solution clear in my head so that when I get quotes I know what to ask for and I'm not lead down the garden path...
If you can think of anything else that would be useful at this point I am all ears.
Cheers,
Blondebier