Water tank in the bedroom

[Nady91]

Hello,

I am writing here again looking for advice for more experienced people 🙏🏻

We made an offer on a decent house which has one only issue. In the second bedroom's cupboard there is a big water tank. The agent told me the property has a conventional boiler from 5y ago but I don't know how old is the water tank.

The house has two toilets one upstairs and the other one downstairs.

I would like to understand if it is possible to move this water tank in another place, such as in the cupboards under the stairs or in the toilet downstairs where the airing cupboard also is. Eventually, I would love to know if some of you know if it would be possible to just get rid of it.

I tried to ask the agent but she couldn't say.

Did some of you had this issue before? How did you manage?

thank you 🙏🏻🙏🏻

We had the same thing. Builders completely removed it easily.

No need to keep the water tank when you have a combi boiler.

Is there a particular reason you want to move it? Our large hot water tank is in a cupboard in our master bedroom and it is no bother at all. It's tucked away out of sight and doesn't make a noise. We do have a lot of other cupboards though.

If it's for hot water, you can get it taken out easily as @VestPantsandSocks says - in my last flat, the hot water tank was removed and a combi installed easily in one day.
However, if it's part of a gravity-fed cold water system, you could possibly replace with a pressure boosted system or run all the water from the rising main. Get someone who knows what they're talking about to have a look at your house, asssess the water pressure and advise on what will work.
If the tank hasn't been a problem with the previous owners, it might be OK to live with.

The water tank is the bedroom I would like to use as a kids room

Fyi - there may also be a legacy water tank in the loft.

You mean another one in the loft?

Yes, another one!

Just swap for a combi boiler and get rid of the tank?

It definitely sounds resolvable so not a deal breaker if that is your only concern.

Big round cylinder about 4' high?
If so, that's a conventional hot water tank. You can remove it by changing the boiler to a combi. Speak to a plumber to get an idea of the cost.

It's very normal. Until a 10-15 years ago this was the standard for hot water systems. Unusual to have a second airing cupboard downstairs though.

If it's a square plastic or metal tank, then it might be something else.

You definitely need a plumber to sort out what you've got and what you can do about it. Asking online only gets you guesses based on varying degrees of experience.

I had a hot water tank in my 2nd bedroom too , it was removed and a new combi put in.
It seemed relatively straightforward but needed more new pipes than they originally thought so carpets / floorboards had to be lifted.

Can't help you on the cost as I rent from HA .

Thanks I was worried about that actually.
I believe it is something you can do once and that's it though. 🙏🏻

Yeah it was a real pain , the pipes in my house are all over the place due to the reconfigured daft water system.
They ended up flinging ( literally) a load of stuff into my main bedroom including a box that had some engraved glasses and canterleaver tool box damaging both and ripping up my 2nd bedroom carpet tearing it ( fuck knows how ! ) I had decamped to my neighbours house to wfh so I didn't see the compleat mess until late that night .

That said once it was done and cleaned up after the heating system has been much more efficient and reliable.