New builds zone valves on combi

[Ricardo Napoli]

Hi everyone, if anybody is out there that can give a little help would be great. I’m going from domestic plumbing into house bashing end of the month now I’ve been told the heating on new builds is zoned off even on combi boilers. Could anybody just shine some light on how to pipe this system up. The zone valves would be in a cupboard upstairs. Thanks.

 

[Harvest Fields]

As far as I am aware it is on above a certain square footage?

 

[Ricardo Napoli]

As far as I am aware it is on above a certain square footage?

Hey thanks for the reply, I wouldn’t know as I haven’t started yet just I got speaking briefly to a guy about it and he said down stairs and upstairs now have to be zoned off. If you are right about the square footage how would this system be piped!?

 

[Sharp Point]

As far as I am aware it is on above a certain square footage?

I’ve done some small 2 bed houses recently( new builds) and initially wasn’t to sure myself, so I contacted the architect and he says now ‘All properties regardless of size must have upstairs/ downstairs zoned’

 

[Aire]

House size upto 150m2 only require trvs, house size over 150m2 require at least 2 heating zones

 

[Riley]

What don’t you understand about piping it?? Surely you’ve come across s plan arrangements doing domestic plumbing? It’s very similar

 

[Sharp Point]

Second paragraph down, ‘every home must be divided into at least two zones’

 

[Aire]

That's 2010 @bogrodder, they changed it in 2014

 

[Murdoch]

I thought it had been changed again in 2018!

http://www.beama.org.uk/asset/91E44EAD-9C1D-4200-B8A0A292286AA5F7/

 

[Aire]

I thought it had been changed again in 2018!

That was only boiler plus wasn't it?