Hello,
Edit: The title should of course say unvented, not invented!
I'm in the process of buying a house, and have just had the survey done and I'm trying to work out whether the hot water cylinder is vented or unvented - maybe it's not possible to say for certain with the information I've got, but I'm hoping there will be something in the info below which indicates it one way or the other.
The boiler is in the garage, and is a Vaillant Ecotech plus 618
There is a hot water cylinder, of unknown type, in a first floor cupboard
According to the surveyor, there is a cold water tank in the loft, and an expansion tank. When I asked him if there is any possibility that they might be redundant from a previous set up, he said he wasn't able to tell.
So, I'm a bit confused because the boiler is a system boiler and therefore presumably does not actually need a cold water tank. So, why go to the effort and expense of getting a system boiler fitted, if you then don't make the most of it and instead stick with a vented system? Or am I missing something?
Is the only way to know for sure whether the system is vented or unvented by actually eye balling the cylinder? Or is there something about the description above which indicates one way or the other?
Thanks,
Ackoman
Edit: The title should of course say unvented, not invented!
I'm in the process of buying a house, and have just had the survey done and I'm trying to work out whether the hot water cylinder is vented or unvented - maybe it's not possible to say for certain with the information I've got, but I'm hoping there will be something in the info below which indicates it one way or the other.
The boiler is in the garage, and is a Vaillant Ecotech plus 618
There is a hot water cylinder, of unknown type, in a first floor cupboard
According to the surveyor, there is a cold water tank in the loft, and an expansion tank. When I asked him if there is any possibility that they might be redundant from a previous set up, he said he wasn't able to tell.
So, I'm a bit confused because the boiler is a system boiler and therefore presumably does not actually need a cold water tank. So, why go to the effort and expense of getting a system boiler fitted, if you then don't make the most of it and instead stick with a vented system? Or am I missing something?
Is the only way to know for sure whether the system is vented or unvented by actually eye balling the cylinder? Or is there something about the description above which indicates one way or the other?
Thanks,
Ackoman