I'm finalising my rewire spec, and am trying to cover future works to the house.
I currently have an old back boiler in my living room, next year I want to have a new boiler (a high-flow combi) installed in my kitchen so I can have a coal fire reinstated in the living room.
The S-plan heating concept looks attractive to me, as I like the idea of being able to have different zones, namely:
1 zone for the living room (to stop it getting too hot when the coal fire has been reinstated)
1 zone for the rest of the downstairs and the upstairs hallway
1 zone for the master bedroom
1 zone for the spare bedrooms
Is S-plan suitable for combi boilers?
Because the boiler would be shifted to a completely different end of the house, and some radiators will be moved, I've realised that very little of the existing CH plumbing could be re-used. I was thinking about laying in CH pipes to pre-plumb the various CH zones back to the area above where the new boiler would go, to save disruption and effort when the boiler is installed (professionally installed by an ARGI, I feel I should add.)
Is plastic pipe really suitable for CH? All the manufacturers seem to claim it is, and I love the idea of hearing no bangs and creaks when the heating is running, but I'd imagine it gets a touch soft with CH water running through it... and isn't compression joining under floorboards bad practice?
I currently have an old back boiler in my living room, next year I want to have a new boiler (a high-flow combi) installed in my kitchen so I can have a coal fire reinstated in the living room.
The S-plan heating concept looks attractive to me, as I like the idea of being able to have different zones, namely:
1 zone for the living room (to stop it getting too hot when the coal fire has been reinstated)
1 zone for the rest of the downstairs and the upstairs hallway
1 zone for the master bedroom
1 zone for the spare bedrooms
Is S-plan suitable for combi boilers?
Because the boiler would be shifted to a completely different end of the house, and some radiators will be moved, I've realised that very little of the existing CH plumbing could be re-used. I was thinking about laying in CH pipes to pre-plumb the various CH zones back to the area above where the new boiler would go, to save disruption and effort when the boiler is installed (professionally installed by an ARGI, I feel I should add.)
Is plastic pipe really suitable for CH? All the manufacturers seem to claim it is, and I love the idea of hearing no bangs and creaks when the heating is running, but I'd imagine it gets a touch soft with CH water running through it... and isn't compression joining under floorboards bad practice?