Hi All
Just looking for some friendly advice.
We moved into a new house about 8 weeks ago and there are a couple of obvious issues/problems with the heating/hot water.
The system is a regular gas boiler, vented hot water and cold water tanks in the loft. House is Master Bathroom, En-Suite, Kitchen and downstairs cloakroom. Only me and my wife so no need for 2-3 showers going at the same time.
First problem is for some reason the hot water tank is very small and we can only just get 1 shower out of it.
Second is we would like to do a loft conversion soon and there are 2 50L cold water tanks in the loft. Now form what I have read this is a bit of an overkill.
So I was planning the following
1. Replacement of hot water tank - nice new insulated 140L Tank
2. Replacement of 2 old cold water tanks with 1 new 50L Tank
When complete the house will have 2 showers. I have used Aqualisa Quartz showers before and we have been very happy.
Now he boiler is about 8 years old. I am sure I can get a more efficient boiler but this can come in a few years. In my mind no rush.
So I had a plumber out this evening to discuss my options. This was not the best idea
He would not just replace the hot and cold tanks but wanted to take me to unvented hot water, this would also need the 20m of incoming pipe-work to be upgraded to 25mm Pipe. The total cost of this including new condensing boiler was £8.5K.
I am sure he would have fitted a very good bang up to date system but it all seemed rather an overkill to me and also about £7.5k more than I was expecting!
As far as I can tell me original plans are quite valid and for not a huge expense would give me a perfectly good system that meets my needs?
Have I got it all wrong?
Ben
Just looking for some friendly advice.
We moved into a new house about 8 weeks ago and there are a couple of obvious issues/problems with the heating/hot water.
The system is a regular gas boiler, vented hot water and cold water tanks in the loft. House is Master Bathroom, En-Suite, Kitchen and downstairs cloakroom. Only me and my wife so no need for 2-3 showers going at the same time.
First problem is for some reason the hot water tank is very small and we can only just get 1 shower out of it.
Second is we would like to do a loft conversion soon and there are 2 50L cold water tanks in the loft. Now form what I have read this is a bit of an overkill.
So I was planning the following
1. Replacement of hot water tank - nice new insulated 140L Tank
2. Replacement of 2 old cold water tanks with 1 new 50L Tank
When complete the house will have 2 showers. I have used Aqualisa Quartz showers before and we have been very happy.
Now he boiler is about 8 years old. I am sure I can get a more efficient boiler but this can come in a few years. In my mind no rush.
So I had a plumber out this evening to discuss my options. This was not the best idea
He would not just replace the hot and cold tanks but wanted to take me to unvented hot water, this would also need the 20m of incoming pipe-work to be upgraded to 25mm Pipe. The total cost of this including new condensing boiler was £8.5K.
I am sure he would have fitted a very good bang up to date system but it all seemed rather an overkill to me and also about £7.5k more than I was expecting!
As far as I can tell me original plans are quite valid and for not a huge expense would give me a perfectly good system that meets my needs?
Have I got it all wrong?
Ben