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Hi there
Struggling to get any sense out of local plumber so looking for advice.
My current heating system comprises a Worcester Danesmoor oil boiler heating a vented hot water cylinder and powering the radiators. This controlled via an S-plan wiring system.
Due to poor hot water pressure I would like to replace the vented cylinder with a direct unvented cylinder. This will be a direct cylinder because I am moving it to a different part of the house, it will be some way from boiler, and I would prefer to heat it cheap off peak electricity than heating oil.
Plumber will be fitting unvented cylinder and is G3 accredited.
My question is around decomissioning the existing vented cylinder which the plumber seems unsure about, specifically the flow / return pipes from the oil boiler. Can these be simply "joined together" at the location of the existing cylinder creating a redundant closed loop? The boiler will be operated in central heating mode only. Can I retain the S-plan wiring system, albeit the DHW element will be redundant or do I need to look at simplifying? The cold water heater tank in the loft will be removed and the feed pipe capped.
Cheers
Struggling to get any sense out of local plumber so looking for advice.
My current heating system comprises a Worcester Danesmoor oil boiler heating a vented hot water cylinder and powering the radiators. This controlled via an S-plan wiring system.
Due to poor hot water pressure I would like to replace the vented cylinder with a direct unvented cylinder. This will be a direct cylinder because I am moving it to a different part of the house, it will be some way from boiler, and I would prefer to heat it cheap off peak electricity than heating oil.
Plumber will be fitting unvented cylinder and is G3 accredited.
My question is around decomissioning the existing vented cylinder which the plumber seems unsure about, specifically the flow / return pipes from the oil boiler. Can these be simply "joined together" at the location of the existing cylinder creating a redundant closed loop? The boiler will be operated in central heating mode only. Can I retain the S-plan wiring system, albeit the DHW element will be redundant or do I need to look at simplifying? The cold water heater tank in the loft will be removed and the feed pipe capped.
Cheers