Hi,
We are a family of 7 living in a 5 bed 2 bath house, originally 1920s 3 bed semi with two beds and 1 bath in a loft conversion done by the previous owners.
The hot water system feels a bit cobbled together and we have a few issues with it. As we've just got planning permission for a ground floor extension Inc a decent size utility room we would like to get this sorted at the same time.
Currently have a gas boiler with traditional cylinder tank in the airing cupboard and header tank in the loft (eaves)
Issues are:
Poor pressure from hot taps compared with cold to the extent that the bath mixer won't work as the cold water stops the hot coming through.
Both showers and the loft sink have noisy pumps, which wake us up if anyone has a shower or runs a tap in the loft bathroom at night.
The radiators in the loft are connected to the water system instead of the heating so are only on when the hot water is on.
There is a red metal tank thingy with a pressure gauge on it next to the boiler which constantly needs topping up otherwise the loft radiators stop working. This seems odd as I've only seen these with unvented cylinders in previous houses.
My main issue is the noisy showers as our DC are close in age and at some point we will have 5 teenagers living in the house as well as me and DH, so don't want them to not be able to shower early/late or have both showers at the same time.
My boiler is due a service so I'm going to have a chat with the engineer, but any pointers on what I should be looking to do would be gratefully received.
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Future proofing my hot water system.
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Miniwookie · 27/03/2017 11:36
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