Our boiler is on its last legs. Its a Worcester 9.24 electronic, 18 years old. Spares are scarce, according to BG, with whom we have a contract for maintenance/repair. They quoted for a new boiler about a year ago, and we told them where to go when it came out at a stupid amount.
The boiler currently is hung on the wall in the kitchen, but we could do with this space for an extension (under the plans, the wall would be removed). The boiler could go in the loft if required. There is plenty of space and decent access to most of the loft. The only problem is the lack of an outside wall, but I believe flues can go straight out of a tiled roof.
I dislike combi boilers. They are noisy (ours is anyway), and take a while to heat the water up. I get up at 5am, so firing up the boiler for hot water tends to wake everyone else up at this time.
Therefore I would prefer some kind of stored hot water method. Again, any storage vessel could go in the loft (the joists are thick enough to support the weight), or in a cupboard in one of the bedrooms if required.
There is currently no water or gas supply to the loft, and no drainage (for condensor boiler), but I could run the water and drainage myself to save costs. Currently the whole house runs on mains pressure water (no cold storage). I would like to retain mains pressure hot water, and I believe there are stored hot water systems that can do this. My mum would also like one of those showers with ****loads of sprayers on them, so a high hot flow rate is essential.
House is 3 bed, 1 bathroom, 4 people, loft is uninsulated. 8 radiators plumbed in 8mm microbore.
What do the plumbers on here recommend? And what sort of cost for all this?
The boiler currently is hung on the wall in the kitchen, but we could do with this space for an extension (under the plans, the wall would be removed). The boiler could go in the loft if required. There is plenty of space and decent access to most of the loft. The only problem is the lack of an outside wall, but I believe flues can go straight out of a tiled roof.
I dislike combi boilers. They are noisy (ours is anyway), and take a while to heat the water up. I get up at 5am, so firing up the boiler for hot water tends to wake everyone else up at this time.
Therefore I would prefer some kind of stored hot water method. Again, any storage vessel could go in the loft (the joists are thick enough to support the weight), or in a cupboard in one of the bedrooms if required.
There is currently no water or gas supply to the loft, and no drainage (for condensor boiler), but I could run the water and drainage myself to save costs. Currently the whole house runs on mains pressure water (no cold storage). I would like to retain mains pressure hot water, and I believe there are stored hot water systems that can do this. My mum would also like one of those showers with ****loads of sprayers on them, so a high hot flow rate is essential.
House is 3 bed, 1 bathroom, 4 people, loft is uninsulated. 8 radiators plumbed in 8mm microbore.
What do the plumbers on here recommend? And what sort of cost for all this?
