Brother Refurb

[jaydebruyne]

I'll be adding question after question to this thread (sorry), I'd really appreciate the help!

So in my brothers refurb I'm putting in a new boiler and repiping everything - heating and water. I'm converting a conventional system to a combi.

He now wants the boiler in the loft which is fine (it's currently in the kitchen), gonna get a roofer to sort the roof out for a vertical flue and depending on how near the adjacent chimney is in the house next door I'm gonna put the boiler either on the back wall or the perpendicular wall to the left - see pic



A builder told my brother that he would have to build a stud wall for the boiler to hang on - I don't believe this is required and don't see why it can't be hung directly to the wall.

Am I right or wrong?

 

[Best]

It's going in the kitchen... 1 question on the pipework under the floor.. Does it have to be a continuous run of flow/return or can you have various branches?

Unless your main run of flow/return happens to be passing close to every radiator, you will probably need at least one branch off it to a few rads. Usually branch off 22mm with 22mm

 

[jaydebruyne]

Unless your main run of flow/return happens to be passing close to every radiator, you will probably need at least one branch off it to a few rads. Usually branch off 22mm with 22mm

Ok cool.. Cheers Best just ordered al the bits to collect next Thursday morning.. I've got 3.5 days to do this, plus other bits but, I'm looking forward to it

 

[Best]

Ok cool.. Cheers Best just ordered al the bits to collect next Thursday morning.. I've got 3.5 days to do this, plus other bits but, I'm looking forward to it

Once upon a time I enjoyed doing whole house replumbs.
Great satisfaction after each day of hard graft and especially when the system filled and boiler going.
Good to know that all the work is your own.
Too much bother in occupied and furnished houses for me now tbh.
It was always about a week minimum for all copper oil heating for me.

 

[jaydebruyne]

Once upon a time I enjoyed doing whole house replumbs.
Great satisfaction after each day of hard graft and especially when the system filled and boiler going.
Good to know that all the work is your own.
Too much bother in occupied and furnished houses for me now tbh.

Yeah it's a lot of work and would be grand if kitchen was gutted but I've told him I'll do what I gotta do to get it done and he can sort out putting everything back since I started almost 2 years ago I've always wanted to do a system from scratch - I'm glad it's at my brothers haha least I don't have the added pressure from people I don't know!!

 

[ShaunCorbs]

remember we will be watching over your shoulder

 

[jaydebruyne]

remember we will be watching over your shoulder

That's all good! I'll hear good voices - hopefully you'll all drown out the negative voices that I hear in my head all the time

 

[ShaunCorbs]

That's all good! I'll hear good voices - hopefully you'll all drown out the negative voices that I hear in my head all the time

not a problem now where did i put my megaphone

 

[Best]

Put plenty of photos up for us to ridicule, - I mean, - admire your finished work.

 

[jaydebruyne]

Put plenty of photos up for us to ridicule, - I mean, - admire your finished work.

Haha I plan to.. Might do some video too for my Facebook page

 

[jaydebruyne]

So first day, old boiler, cylinder, tanks in loft and all pipework gone. Rads and boiler jig hung with fresh core hole, floorboards up and ready to pipe up tomorrow.. Shattered!!!

 

[ShaunCorbs]

now what ever you do dont fall through your holes where the floor boards were

 

[jaydebruyne]

now what ever you do dont fall through your holes where the floor boards were

Haha I'll try not to.. So I'm having to run pipes along the joist rather then across, is it best Tijuana clip them to the side, flow above return?

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Haha I'll try not to.. So I'm having to run pipes along the joist rather then across, is it best Tijuana clip them to the side, flow above return?

Tbh it doesn't matter which ever is easier for you or you can fit timbers and run them in the centre of the joists if you have space (cross brace the joists)

 

[jaydebruyne]

Tbh it doesn't matter which ever is easier for you or you can fit timbers and run them in the centre of the joists if you have space (cross brace the joists)

Ok cool.. That's what they did before (cross brace) so I'll just run it the same way. They just rested the pipes on the cross, do I not need to clip them?

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Ok cool.. That's what they did before (cross brace) so I'll just run it the same way. They just rested the pipes on the cross, do I not need to clip them?

Yea need to clip them something like every 6' ish