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Moving immersion into attic

  • 27-07-2010 12:08am
    #1
    dracularsa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18 ✭


    Hi All

    We have a bungalow and in typical Irish fashion the immersion is stuck in a cupboard on the ground floor. Can this be moved to the attic/roof space to make room for an en suite bathroom and if not - why not??

    Thanks in advance


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  • #2
    JohnnieK
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,526 ✭✭✭JohnnieK


    dracularsa wrote: »
    Hi All

    We have a bungalow and in typical Irish fashion the immersion is stuck in a cupboard on the ground floor. Can this be moved to the attic/roof space to make room for an en suite bathroom and if not - why not??

    Thanks in advance
    The cylinder is mostly installed on the floor below the attic because the hot water system works on gravity. It needs the head of pressure from the tank in the attic to push the water around your pipes from the cylinder. You can get it moved to the attic but you would need to get a pressurized cylinder and have it mains fed.


  • #3
    Micky Dolenz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,080 ✭✭✭✭Micky Dolenz


    Yes it can be moved. Ensure that cold water storage tank is higher then it. Pressure is dictated by the height of the storage tank in relation to the outlets, taps.


  • #4
    dracularsa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18 ✭dracularsa


    thanks - the info is appreciated!! How much would a job like that cost - any ideas???


  • #5
    JohnnieK
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,526 ✭✭✭JohnnieK


    Very hard to ball park a job like that. A site survey would need to be done.


  • #6
    Lando Griffin
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    Micky Dolenz wrote: »
    Yes it can be moved. Ensure that cold water storage tank is higher then it. Pressure is dictated by the height of the storage tank in relation to the outlets, taps.

    Could another way be to install a combi boiler and get rid of the cylinder all together?


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  • #7
    Micky Dolenz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,080 ✭✭✭✭Micky Dolenz


    Yes, a combi would do away with all tanks in attic and a need for a cylinder.

    Good pressure and flow rate are important on incoming main for a combi though.


  • #8
    Joey the lips
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,262 ✭✭✭✭Joey the lips


    personally I would not install a combi boiler. But yes its a good idea and does away with cylinders. The downside is it needs good pressure and it does not power a shower or fill a bath well.

    However a T90 would solve the shower problem provided you still have the header tank.


  • #9
    JohnnieK
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,526 ✭✭✭JohnnieK


    Joey the lips wrote: »
    personally I would not install a combi boiler. But yes its a good idea and does away with cylinders. The downside is it needs good pressure and it does not power a shower or fill a bath well.

    However a T90 would solve the shower problem provided you still have the header tank.

    And also if the pressure is reduced or shut off you will have no hot water either, remember last winter!


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