Just moved into an old farmhouse and need some advice.
The oil boiler is a little antiquated, as is the system, which is tubed in plastic pipe due to the acidity of the private water supply. Appears that it is a gravity system with pumped c/h with primary flow and return coming off diagonally opposite outlets. Primary circuit is only 22mm which somewhat surprises me but domestic water heats fairly quickly. I'm about to replace and reposition the cylinder and wondering if I should make it a fully pumped system or should I just shift the cylinder and leave the pipework as it as it is? It's likely the new position of the cylinder will entail a couple more bends, should I increase the pipe size.
I'd be grateful for your thoughts
Thanks a lot
Charlie
The oil boiler is a little antiquated, as is the system, which is tubed in plastic pipe due to the acidity of the private water supply. Appears that it is a gravity system with pumped c/h with primary flow and return coming off diagonally opposite outlets. Primary circuit is only 22mm which somewhat surprises me but domestic water heats fairly quickly. I'm about to replace and reposition the cylinder and wondering if I should make it a fully pumped system or should I just shift the cylinder and leave the pipework as it as it is? It's likely the new position of the cylinder will entail a couple more bends, should I increase the pipe size.
I'd be grateful for your thoughts
Thanks a lot
Charlie