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Replacing old hot water tank

ajnorth · 2024-10-03 08:53:14

We're about to replace our old hot water tank, it's a 90L copper tank at least 20 if not 30 years old. We have a 4 bed 2 bathroom bungalow. The hot water is heated from our oil boiler and electric immersion. The oil boiler only heats the water when the heating is on for the whole house so in summer we only have hot water…

03-10-2024 8:53am

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ajnorth

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We're about to replace our old hot water tank, it's a 90L copper tank at least 20 if not 30 years old. We have a 4 bed 2 bathroom bungalow. The hot water is heated from our oil boiler and electric immersion. The oil boiler only heats the water when the heating is on for the whole house so in summer we only have hot water from the immersion. We heat with the immersion at night rate electric and have enough water to wash up in the morning and then by the end of the day it's cold. For showers we have a 9Kw shower unit and forget about having a bath. We're on a well water system and added a whole house pump as the water pressure when we bought the house was barely a trickle.

We're recommended an unvented Joule Wellmaster cylinder. I've been quoted €1900 for a 200L tank, for €300 extra I have seen the 270L Explorer Heat Pump cylinder. It's also an unvented cylinder, rated for well water, has a coil for the boiler connection, built-in heat pump and immersion backup. The heat pump pulls heat from the house and I am thinking to connect it to the DCV in the attic right above so it's fed the warm damp air we'd usually pump straight out so we can effectively reclaim the heat.
I can't see a downside to getting the Explorer cylinder, but I have read a thread on here with a lot of negative comments about them. I'm just not sure the criticisms apply in our situation?

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