Replacing a hot water tank - is this reasonable?
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Interesting, a combination Thermflow. Never seen one with a ballvalve and overflow before.
Really?
Can't say I've ever seen an unvented thermal store either.
Interesting that the McDonald thermal store blurb makes boasts about its heating coil being larger than others, but the published spec fails to tell us its length or surface area.
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Yes, really. Everyday's a school day.
It is a thermal store. I had exactly the same one with a similar setup in one of my previous properties. High pressure hot water, it worked quite well, particularly as I was in a soft water area.
The one in your picture has a ballvalve and overflow .....
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I know, that's why I thought it was a combination cylinder.....
Bugger, missed the responses again. Must look into getting notifications set up for replies.
Boiler is an Ideal Classic LXFF.
Good cold water pressure and flow.
Detatched, do have an attic.
That's what I've been told it is by visiting engineers
Boiler is an Ideal Classic LXFF.
Good cold water pressure and flow.
Detatched, do have an attic.
Lots of them round here made by Albion, the two pumps is the giveaway, it is indeed a thermal store
If your quotes have been for fitting a replacement thermal store then the quotes are too cheap
No, the quotes so far have been for an unvented cylinder. Last one was a Gledhill 120l combination tank.
so how are you going to heat your radiators then ?
Not sure I understand? Would changing to a standard HW cylinder not take care of that?
OK, so the more I read about how a thermal store works, the more it doesn't seem to fit with the current issue we're having. Currently the main issue we have is that the we can't run a bath. After running the hot tap for about 30 seconds, the water turns cold. However we can run the showers fine. If the water is only being passed through the tank and not using water from it, how does the suggested issue of scale cause what we're experiencing?
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