Hi
We recently swapped out an Unvented HW cylinder, and due to the size of the new unit had to move it to another location. The unit has an external pressure reducing valve and this is feeding the tank and the cold water
The hot water output pipe, is getting warm. The heat is travelling about 10 feet along the pipe. We have a lever valve on this pipe, and if we turn it off the heat no longer travels past the valve. This is the case even if we have been out of the house for many hours (and therefore no one is using any hot or cold water)
Before we installed the new cylinder, I noticed the shower (thermostatic mixer tap) that is fed by this cylinder had it's COLD feed BEFORE the pressure reducer. We have rearranged the pipework so the shower is now fed after the pressure reducer
The shower now doesn't get that hot. I'd say hot enough, but missus says it could be hotter. I tried turning the shower tap right up to max, and the water didn't get any hotter
Does anyone have any ideas why these two things are occurring?
We recently swapped out an Unvented HW cylinder, and due to the size of the new unit had to move it to another location. The unit has an external pressure reducing valve and this is feeding the tank and the cold water
The hot water output pipe, is getting warm. The heat is travelling about 10 feet along the pipe. We have a lever valve on this pipe, and if we turn it off the heat no longer travels past the valve. This is the case even if we have been out of the house for many hours (and therefore no one is using any hot or cold water)
Before we installed the new cylinder, I noticed the shower (thermostatic mixer tap) that is fed by this cylinder had it's COLD feed BEFORE the pressure reducer. We have rearranged the pipework so the shower is now fed after the pressure reducer
The shower now doesn't get that hot. I'd say hot enough, but missus says it could be hotter. I tried turning the shower tap right up to max, and the water didn't get any hotter
Does anyone have any ideas why these two things are occurring?
