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cold water tank

Cold liquor tanks, cold water tanks as they called in the brewery. Cold liquor tank is a buffer vessel and it carries cold water that will be used to cool the bitter wort down to a fermentable temperature field after boiling.

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  1. H

    Loft cold water tank keeps running out

    Our bath and en-suite shower is fed from a cold water tank in the loft. My kids have decided they like the shower but stay in it a long time. This causes the tank to empty and airlock the shower pump. I then have to the disconnect and bleed the the cold water feed. I there a way to make the...
  2. G

    Cold water tank in the attic overflowing

    Hi All, Looking for some advice. The tank in the attic has been trickling out of the overflow for a few weeks now. I have an open vented system with a hot water pump (Stuart Turner monsoon twin 3) fitted. Have already changed the valve and float in the attic. Set it very low but water is...
  3. 3

    Cold water tank noise in purpose built flat

    Hello. I have lived in a top floor flat (block of 4 flats on top of a shop in London) for 2 years and the noise from the filling of the water tank on the flat roof is driving me slowly insane. It’s really loud and radiates through the flat at night like slow running water in an echo chamber...
  4. Lumen

    Moving Cold Water Tank into the loft

    Hi guys, Just moved into a house with a 3rd bedroom being a loft conversion on the top floor. I currently have F&E system consisting of: Boiler - Ground floor. Heating/Hot water tank on 1st floor along with main bathroom. Cold Water tank / Central Heating expansion on top floor. There’s a...
  5. J

    Overflowing cold water tank, fixed for good?

    Hi all, We recently return from Xmas holls to find that there’d be a leak in our attic, which has caused some staining on one of the walls. When taking a look myself I couldn’t really see where the leak was coming from, but the water was mainly below the cold water tank and the ply cover on top...
  6. J

    Cold water tank question

    Hi all, I recently had my boiler replaced with an ideal Logic max s30 boiler and also a 210L Gledhill indirect Vented Stainless cylinder. New 3 port valve, nest thermostat etc. I also had a Stuart Turner 3.0 bar twin impeller regenerative shower pump fitted. (possibly overspecced)? To run two...
  7. M

    Questions about my cold water tank.

    Firstly thank you for taking time to read this for me. Last week we were lucky enough to have our second daughter born. During getting some bits out of the roof I looked at the cold water tank as it was running. I’m a complete novice at plumbing but can fix a few things. To be honest I didn’t...
  8. V

    Cold water tank in a flat with a combination boiler??

    Hello But of a puzzle. I was away and my partner called and said 'there's a small leak'. She lives in an old 1880s terrace that's been broken up into shop (ground floor) and 3 flats..hers is the top flat. She has a combination fitted..an old Worcester 24i. But there is a coldwater tank in the...
  9. S

    Cold water tank replacement

    Hello all, I have an old galvanised metal cold water tank that needs replacing, I've purchased a cistern plastic tank replacement and was recently quoted £1,600 for a 2 day labour + pipe materials. The old metal pipes we have are of odd sizes so I was told this would require special tools to...
  10. F

    Cold water tank in loft overflowing

    hi this has us a bit baffled our heating systems is cold water tank and little f e tank in the loft immersion cylinder in airing cubard and boiler in kitchen The problem was the overflow to the cold tank keep dripping so I replaced the ballcock turned mains on watched it fill up and cut off...
  11. daWilko

    Loft cold water tank - not a pretty sight

    Hi All - recently moved into a 3br 2storey mid terrace from the early 80s and looking in the loft the plastic "coffin" tank for the gravity flow has obviously been left with its lid off for some time and looks pretty ugly inside. Would you advise replacement ? Or do folks clean them? It's...
  12. Cat

    Cold water tank almost boiling

    Hi folks I'm new & in need of advice. Forgive my lack of understanding of plumbing. This is the first time in over 20yrs that this has been so bad. We have the cold water tank of our downstairs neighbour in our attic & often the pipes make noise but on Friday the noise became very loud with the...
  13. N

    Cold water tank to cold

    I am looking for advise on how to stop the cold tank water getting so cold. Because the tank is in the loft its drops to around 1/2 Centrigrade (during the UK winter time) and when mixes with the hot water for a shower makes the water just luke warm. How can I increase the temperature so the...
  14. emeny

    cold water tank to kitchen tap

    Hello, may be a strange concern but just got some questions about the water supply to my cold water kitchen tap. It has always had poor pressure and if using water in upstairs bathroom this gets even worse. I just had a combi boiler fitted so the cold water tank in roof has been removed and...
  15. U

    Advice on cold water tank

    Hi all, i'm looking for some advice on whether we could remove a cold water tank from our roof space. Boiler is a sealed combi. The tank supplies cold tap on bathroom sink and bath and also refills toilet cistern. It sits in a roof space above the bathroom but the roof space is 1m tall max so...
  16. L

    Help with cause of Cold Water tank overflow, please

    Hello, I would be grateful for some better minds to help me with my overflowing Cold Water tank. I have an old fashioned traditional vented system with a main cold water tank and separate smaller header tank for the heating. They are both in the loft sitting on the floor with their bases at...
  17. R

    overflow from cold water tank in loft

    Hi, We have a problem at home with water coming from overflow pipe from the cold water tank in the loft. Now i know the most common fault is the valve but its not this as its been replaced and i've seen it for myself that the valve is shut but water still overflowing out. I have done some...
  18. 1

    Asbestos cold water tank???

    Had a survey done. Suspected asbestos on a defunct cold water tank :'( Do you agree? Many thanks.
  19. M

    Hot water being back flowing into Cold water tank

    Any advice would be extremely appreciated. I have an indirect heating system. A few days ago the large cold water tank overflow started to leak. Given that I had the ball-cock replaced 6 months ago I kinda knew it was not the problem - it was not. When the water is being heated on its own it...
  20. P

    Combi boiler & cold water tank in loft

    Hi all Recently moved into an old terraced house- in the loft is a very dirty looking water tank that has seen better days. With the house having a combi boiler i thought it was redundant and was going to empty it and get rid of it whilst the roof came off. But to my horror it supplies at least...
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