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Cold water storage in new house

selfbuild17 · 2017-01-30 09:33:57

Hello I've seen combined cold water storage tanks and pumps installed in a number of new houses recently. These seem to be referred to by plumbers as an 'Aquabox' and are sometimes installed in garages at ground floor level. This seems to be a good idea as they pressurise the entire house and keep the cold water storage…

30-01-2017 9:33am

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selfbuild17

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Hello

I've seen combined cold water storage tanks and pumps installed in a number of new houses recently. These seem to be referred to by plumbers as an 'Aquabox' and are sometimes installed in garages at ground floor level. This seems to be a good idea as they pressurise the entire house and keep the cold water storage outside of the house saving on additional roof structure and possible leaks.

My question is: are they fully compliant with building regulations? They are not gravity systems so, if the power goes off, you have no water. Is that not the purpose of having cold water storage? Also, most of these tanks are relatively small and definitely not the 340 litres stipulated by TGD G for houses with 4 or more bedrooms. Is there some clause in the regs which allow for such systems?

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