Moving water tank to the attic

[ML1706]

Hi, just wondering if anyone knows how much it would cost to move our water tank, currently in our bedroom, to the attic? I want to use the space to have wardrobes in my son's bedroom.
We are in the south east (not london)

What sort of tank,are you talking airing cupboard? Any pictures

I assume you mean hot water cylinder rather than a tank? Do you have feeder tanks in your attic?

I have attached a picture, not sure what is in the attic 😬

Lools like a Hot water cylinder
Depends on your heating system. What sort of boiler is it?
I have a hot water cylinder and 2 feeder tanks in the loft. Some systems have the cylinder and no tanks. Some are combi boilers and don't have the cylinder or tanks

If you changed your boiler to a combi, that would do away with the need for a hot water cylinder, the hot water is heated as you need it then.

Our boiler is oil

Depends if the combi is suitable for the type of house. We stuck with our conventional boiler as we have more than one bathroom and might want to use multiple taps at the same time

There are possibly two tanks in the loft

• a smaller one that feeds the radiators to top them up
• and one feeds that hot water cylinder that you wish to move.

If yours has that you are on a vented (gravity fed) system and you need that cold water tank higher than the hot water cylinder as that is how it pushes the water out of the hot water cylinder. That would be the first thing to consider.

However, you could get an unvented cylinder whereby the cold water pipe feeds that cylinder directly. But, you need a really good water flow rate from the cold tap, plus as it is under pressure there are other things to consider like the discharge pipe in case it gets too pressurised it releases the water off.

Alternatively you could possibly get a combi boiler but that depends on how many bathrooms you have, whether you have an electric shower etc. We put an electric shower in the children's bathroom so there is always hot water. We have a mixer shower so retained the original vented system but will be upgrading to an unvented system next summer.

Realistically you need someone out to look at the boiler and system you have to tell you whether it is possible. It most likely is but it will come down to cost. I know someone will come along and tell you that having a hot water tank over bedrooms isn't a good idea but there are many flats that have this anyway.

Unlikely you will be wanting to go to the expense of going for a combi boiler if you have oil CH I would presume this is hot water tank,with electric Emersionheater. Combi s only work for small house holds. How much would it cost,a huge amount of money,and time and mess. I would try and work round it. Bear in mind also government wants oil fired CH phased out in 3 years,and gas by 2030.