I wonder if any Gas Safe or Heating Engineers can advise on the following:-
Our village hall has a very long external pipe run from the gas meter to the boiler. Although it is in 22mm copper the pressure at the boiler is only 16mBar which we belive is causing low water temperatures from the boiler. As I see it we have three possible options:-
1) Change the pipework from 22mm to 28mm copper or 32mm screwed barrel or possible this product http://tracpipe.co.uk/Main1.htm Has anyone used this? All expensive in their own right, although I dont know the price of the Tracpipe.
2) Find a new boiler that will run at 16mBar or lower gas pressure or an oversized more efficient boiler.
3) Move the gas meter to an external box outside the boiler room.
Regarding the latter I have asked Transco for a quote and they want £400 up front just to do the quote. This is on top of the actual cost for the work
Please can anyone advise if I can either:-
a) Approach anyone other than Transco to resite the meter, for example Crown Energy http://www.crownenergy.co.uk/energysupply-meterinstallations.php?gclid=CMOakaH0macCFUkhfAodQHNYcw
b) Get a subcontractor to dig the trench and install the yellow flexible gas pipe and then get Transco to do the final connection to the meter and joint to the existing service pipe?
I get the impression from some groundworkers who are digging trenches for services on some new houses nearby that the latter is possible.
Any help would be appreciated.
Fozzie
Our village hall has a very long external pipe run from the gas meter to the boiler. Although it is in 22mm copper the pressure at the boiler is only 16mBar which we belive is causing low water temperatures from the boiler. As I see it we have three possible options:-
1) Change the pipework from 22mm to 28mm copper or 32mm screwed barrel or possible this product http://tracpipe.co.uk/Main1.htm Has anyone used this? All expensive in their own right, although I dont know the price of the Tracpipe.
2) Find a new boiler that will run at 16mBar or lower gas pressure or an oversized more efficient boiler.
3) Move the gas meter to an external box outside the boiler room.
Regarding the latter I have asked Transco for a quote and they want £400 up front just to do the quote. This is on top of the actual cost for the work
Please can anyone advise if I can either:-
a) Approach anyone other than Transco to resite the meter, for example Crown Energy http://www.crownenergy.co.uk/energysupply-meterinstallations.php?gclid=CMOakaH0macCFUkhfAodQHNYcw
b) Get a subcontractor to dig the trench and install the yellow flexible gas pipe and then get Transco to do the final connection to the meter and joint to the existing service pipe?
I get the impression from some groundworkers who are digging trenches for services on some new houses nearby that the latter is possible.
Any help would be appreciated.
Fozzie