Appreciate the replies and advice.
Made a bit of progress over the past few weeks.
The new LPG boiler has now been installed and commissioned.
Still need to do a bit more balancing on the radiators, ideally wait for the weather to get a bit cooler, but indications are that all the piping and radiator size calculations are spot on and we should be able to achieve a 20'c degree drop running a 60 flow/40 return.
With regards to the Stove, for this winter at least we're just going to use it for space heating and maybe revisit the hot water side of things next year.
The engineer that did the LPG boiler has had a quick look over the existing piping etc for the stove and has said the position of the F&E tank isn't really ideal and it could do with being closer to the stove.
Another very quick sketch but this gives a rough idea of the lay out.
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The upstairs has been converted so the only attic space left is at the far end of the house, which is where the F&E tank and now redundant CW cistern are. The existing pipework has been run with a constant rise all the way to the tank albeit there can't be more than a 1:35 maybe 1:30 rise
I could move the F&E tank above the heat leak radiator but it would be lower than it is just now, the bottom of the tank would only just be above the top of the radiator.
When the pump was running, I assume there wouldn't be a problem, (stove is essentially the neutral point?) but if there was a power cut and the heat leak was in use I expect the F&E tank would get warm but would that cause any issues? In that scenario I'd be wanting to get rid of heat anyway.
The engineer is going to come back in a few weeks to see what can be done but in the meantime I'm just curious to know what the options might be.
Thanks again,
Kenny.