Hot water cylinder, bungalow loft??

[JohnJeff]

Hi

I have just purchased a bungalow in an area with no gas, it has electric storage heaters. I would like to put a hot water cylinder in the loft (currently in the hall) with header tank above but am being given conflicting advice. The hot water will serve bathroom with mixer shower and bath, kitchen. The ceiling height is 2.9m and the highest I can get the bottom of the cold water tank is 0.9m above the ceiling.
Can anyone advise on feasibility, pipe sizes etc.
Any advice much appreciated.

 

[stevetheplumber]

providing you can get the tank above the cylinder its ok remember to make the frame strong enough to support the tanks weight and spread the load onto at least one wall if not two

 

[SimonG]

If you have the mains cold water pressure and flow, how about a direct unvented cylinder?

 

[JohnJeff]

Thanks for advice, unfortunately the cold water pressure is not so good.
So as long as the bottom of the cold tank is just above the top of the hot water cylinder, things should work?

 

[fuzzy]

sounds like your struggling to get any head of pressure, maybe a small unvented would be best

 

[fuzzy]

or a combi boiler

 

[dontknowitall]

I'd much rather the cold storage in the loft with the hot water cylinder on the same level as the bathroom. Seems to work fine in other bungalows and also houses with bathrooms upstairs.

Alternatively (but not my choice), a combination boiler would suffice.

 

[JohnJeff]

The pressure at the hot taps is currently v low, i'm assuming the pipe sizes/design is wrong. There is no gas in the village and i'm not sure how oil prices are going to go so will leave the warm air heating system in for the time being.

 

[JohnJeff]

The new layout of the bungalow means it would be better to have the cylinder in the loft but this is where opinion seems to be divided. I assume that the pressure would be the same where ever the cylinder goes as its the cold tank which dictates this. But I have been told otherwise.

 

[SimonG]

Electric combi? Did one earlier this year, but again is dependant on mains flow and pressure.