About to start a loft conversion and doing most work myself.
I'm looking to fit two rads in the loft which will be a new 3rd floor. Flow and return pipes on landing are 22mm and 15mm pipes come off into the three bedrooms.
Would I be best extending the 22mm pipe into the loft and take the new rads off this or could I tap into the 15mm pipes in the bedrooms and make new connections here?
My thinking was to tap into the 15mm flow and return pipes in one of the front bedrooms and chase it up the wall to feed one new rad at the front of the loft and then do the same to the 15mm pipes in a rear bedroom, again chasing the pipes up the wall to supply a new rad in the rear of the loft.
Don't know which option is feasible of best. Victorian house so floor to ceiling height is 3 metres then there is a run of about 2 metres in loft. Also, depending on which solution is best, how could I then connect a small towel rail in the loft ensuite? If 22mm run extended then I would just tap into that but if the connections are to the 15mm bedroom rad pipes, can I then run more piping from a new loft rad onto the new towel rail before returning?
One further question, if the 15mm route is ok, can I make the new runs in 10mm pipe using reducers? New Combi fitted last year with this additional load in mind.
Thanks for persevering to the end of this post. I would be most grateful for any responses.
I'm looking to fit two rads in the loft which will be a new 3rd floor. Flow and return pipes on landing are 22mm and 15mm pipes come off into the three bedrooms.
Would I be best extending the 22mm pipe into the loft and take the new rads off this or could I tap into the 15mm pipes in the bedrooms and make new connections here?
My thinking was to tap into the 15mm flow and return pipes in one of the front bedrooms and chase it up the wall to feed one new rad at the front of the loft and then do the same to the 15mm pipes in a rear bedroom, again chasing the pipes up the wall to supply a new rad in the rear of the loft.
Don't know which option is feasible of best. Victorian house so floor to ceiling height is 3 metres then there is a run of about 2 metres in loft. Also, depending on which solution is best, how could I then connect a small towel rail in the loft ensuite? If 22mm run extended then I would just tap into that but if the connections are to the 15mm bedroom rad pipes, can I then run more piping from a new loft rad onto the new towel rail before returning?
One further question, if the 15mm route is ok, can I make the new runs in 10mm pipe using reducers? New Combi fitted last year with this additional load in mind.
Thanks for persevering to the end of this post. I would be most grateful for any responses.
