Getting hot water upstairs

[breakwater8]

Please help!
I have a bathroom down stairs (ground floor) and the hot water is heated via a boiler to a water cylinder (indirect) so it also heats the radiators. The boiler and the cylinder are also on the ground floor and the tank is in the loft area. I want to install a electric shower, toilet and basin upstairs. So I need hot water for the basin. would I be able to run the hot from the pipework in the bathroom down stairs to feed a basin upstairs??? will there be enough pressure????

 

[seco services]

its the cws tank in loft that gives you your head so forget the first floor, then its just the same as a convensional house.

 

[kildareking72]

Is your place a house or dormer bungalow ?

 

[breakwater8]

Hi kildareking72
It is a semi detacted house...any ideas?

 

[undercover]

Seco services has given you the answer.

 

[breakwater8]

Then would it be possible to fit a pump to get hot water upstairs?

 

[seco services]

why do you need a pump to get it upstairs ?
when your cylinder is ground floor and cws is in loft.

 

[kildareking72]

Change the hot-water cylinder for a un-vented type and do away with the CWS tank. Problem solved.

 

[seco services]

problem solved isn't one to start with.

 

[breakwater8]

sorry seco services I am a bit confussed! The first message says forget the first floor, then you ask why do I need a pump?

 

[seco services]

loft you have cws tank
ground floor you have cylinder
you want bathroom in middle, anywhere between the cylinder base and the cws tank in loft you can have hot water supplied from you cylinder by gravity because your cws tank supplies the cylinder with water.
and its the cws tank that gives you your head.

 

[Softus]

why do you need a pump to get it upstairs ?

That's a pathetic question.

The OP has a problem, which is that the path for the hot water is too restrictive, and the flow on the 1st floor is poor.

breakwater8, a pump is a perfectly fine way of solving your problem. The best location for it is at the base on the hot water cylinder.

Your alternative is to track down the reason for the flow being poor. This might involve replacing some or all of the pipework.

 

[seco services]

why do you need a pump to get it upstairs ?

That's a pathetic question.

The OP has a problem, which is that the path for the hot water is too restrictive, and the flow on the 1st floor is poor.

breakwater8, a pump is a perfectly fine way of solving your problem. The best location for it is at the base on the hot water cylinder.

Your alternative is to track down the reason for the flow being poor. This might involve replacing some or all of the pipework.

your pathetic but thats besides the point

who said he had a flow problem and the first floor is poor ?
he's not even installed any basin or toilet yet.

 

[seco services]

soft arse wheres anyone mention a flow problem on the first floor ?

 

[Softus]

who said he had a flow problem and the first floor is poor ?

You're quite right, and I apologise.