Hi all
I've moved into a house with an older type non-condensing boiler. I think its a potterton profile (not sure of the exact model). The previous owner told me that its a very good boiler and that there is no need to replace it.
In my previous house, I had a condensing type combi boiler with no tanks. This one has a feeder tank and cold water tank in the airing cupboard and a hotwater copper tank wedged between first and ground floor airing cupboard. The CH is run via pump and hot water is gravity fed.
I am planning to install a jacuzzi bath (there is already a pump based disabled bath) and a steam shower cubicle. Would this boiler be able to support a single person jacuzzi bath with its little tank (18 inches/46 cms in diameter and 35 inches/ 90 cms long approx)
Do steam shower cublicles run off cold feed only or do they need hot water as well (combi-pumped or gravity fed)?
I also need to add a couple of towel rails and I've found that there are 2 drain points next to each other coming off two 22mm CH pipes under the boiler. Why are there 2 drain points (I only had 1 before!!)?
Also since we don't need the heat for the summer, can I drain the radiators and would the boiler work in hot water mode without any issues? This is to ease me with the towel rail work on the CH. Please also advise if there would be any boiler/ radiator issues with an empty CH system.
Lastly, I need to take the pumped diasled bath out but I do not know how to switch off the hot water, I could not see any valve around the copper tank and there are gate valves on the cold water tank and feeder tank but closing them does not stop the hot water. Could you please advise where to look to stop hot water?
Sorry for the lengthy mail and thanks for your replies in advance..
I've moved into a house with an older type non-condensing boiler. I think its a potterton profile (not sure of the exact model). The previous owner told me that its a very good boiler and that there is no need to replace it.
In my previous house, I had a condensing type combi boiler with no tanks. This one has a feeder tank and cold water tank in the airing cupboard and a hotwater copper tank wedged between first and ground floor airing cupboard. The CH is run via pump and hot water is gravity fed.
I am planning to install a jacuzzi bath (there is already a pump based disabled bath) and a steam shower cubicle. Would this boiler be able to support a single person jacuzzi bath with its little tank (18 inches/46 cms in diameter and 35 inches/ 90 cms long approx)
Do steam shower cublicles run off cold feed only or do they need hot water as well (combi-pumped or gravity fed)?
I also need to add a couple of towel rails and I've found that there are 2 drain points next to each other coming off two 22mm CH pipes under the boiler. Why are there 2 drain points (I only had 1 before!!)?
Also since we don't need the heat for the summer, can I drain the radiators and would the boiler work in hot water mode without any issues? This is to ease me with the towel rail work on the CH. Please also advise if there would be any boiler/ radiator issues with an empty CH system.
Lastly, I need to take the pumped diasled bath out but I do not know how to switch off the hot water, I could not see any valve around the copper tank and there are gate valves on the cold water tank and feeder tank but closing them does not stop the hot water. Could you please advise where to look to stop hot water?
Sorry for the lengthy mail and thanks for your replies in advance..
sounds like you certainly aren't afraid to tackle most jobs. I do hope that you had it all supervised by the Building Inspector and declared your alterations (as asked) on the Sellers Property Information Form when you sold your property. Most conveyancers do make a special point of asking if any self home improvements have ever been carried out and if so, what. So brave of you to do it all yourself especially in these litigious times when cases have been fought and won by unhappy purchasers against their vendor not declaring 'things'. Buyer beware and 'rely on your own survey' does not count when the vendor does actually know pertinent facts. But don't let that little fact put you off in the future, more power to your elbow. 
