hi everyone
am planning on changing my old 20 year old vented hot water cylinder to an unvented system. i currently have shower pumps as without shower pumps, there isnt enough pressure when showering.
however am happy to put in an unvented cylinder ,which means i can get rid of the pumps which are noisy anyway.
my house though was built in 1999 and has plastic piping/push fit on central heating and bath room sinks. i have not had any issues so far but am worried whether the plastic/push to fits can withstand mains water pressure when i change to unvented. should i be worried? i live in essex by the way, if that helps in giving advise ref to water pressure on mains.
can changing over to unvented lead to water leaks from these push to fits plastic pipes which was put in in 1999 when property was built.
also i spoke to a plumber and he said he will recommend uvgold2 indirect unvented 180L? are these any good or should i avoid them please?
anything i need to be aware of before changing over to the unvented please?
by the way, i plan to keep the boiler expansion tank in the loft. no change there unless it will be really silly to leave it as such?
so in summary replace vented hot water system with unvented-remove the cold water tank from loft. leave the boiler expansion tank alone in loft as it currently is. works fine so my plan is to leave it alone.
many thanks
am planning on changing my old 20 year old vented hot water cylinder to an unvented system. i currently have shower pumps as without shower pumps, there isnt enough pressure when showering.
however am happy to put in an unvented cylinder ,which means i can get rid of the pumps which are noisy anyway.
my house though was built in 1999 and has plastic piping/push fit on central heating and bath room sinks. i have not had any issues so far but am worried whether the plastic/push to fits can withstand mains water pressure when i change to unvented. should i be worried? i live in essex by the way, if that helps in giving advise ref to water pressure on mains.
can changing over to unvented lead to water leaks from these push to fits plastic pipes which was put in in 1999 when property was built.
also i spoke to a plumber and he said he will recommend uvgold2 indirect unvented 180L? are these any good or should i avoid them please?
anything i need to be aware of before changing over to the unvented please?
by the way, i plan to keep the boiler expansion tank in the loft. no change there unless it will be really silly to leave it as such?
so in summary replace vented hot water system with unvented-remove the cold water tank from loft. leave the boiler expansion tank alone in loft as it currently is. works fine so my plan is to leave it alone.
many thanks
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