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So currently it’s not even bracketed?????
So spoke with manfacturer and they advised its not certifiable and will have to come out. They advise that its a performance issue rather than a safety issue and ive email structural engineers to confirm point loading. Contacted loft firm who acted very surprised even though they've clearly made a timber frame for it to sit when should have bracket. Ive requested the certs of installer - gas safe and G3. I spoke to manufacturer about pump on return and they said thats normal for horizontal but not needed for vertical so a definite bodge. What makes this all the more worse is that this was installed the day after the painters finished! So house was ripped apart to install something that would never recieve sign off and isnt fit for purpose. This comes after 3 months of pain with builders that didnt have a clue about building regulations. Looks at landmark lofts website and see how polished the marketting is. Feel like such a mug for falling for it!Any updates Tim I’m intrigued
Yeah i know that but considering loft firm do 3 modular lofts a week, and many will have cylinders, they must have known what they were positioning was incorrect - apart from anything else it didnt have bracket and they had to fashion one out of timberAlso you mention that the cylinder has had a wood frame built it’s an irrelevance as the thing shouldn’t be on its side
Yeah i know that but considering loft firm do 3 modular lofts a week, and many will have cylinders, they must have known what they were positioning was incorrect - apart from anything else it didnt have bracket and they had to fashion one out of timber
Yeah i know that but considering loft firm do 3 modular lofts a week, and many will have cylinders, they must have known what they were positioning was incorrect - apart from anything else it didnt have bracket and they had to fashion one out of timber
the problem is that I reckon the firm and the plumber are going to liberally blame each other this could all be down to a muppet of a “plumber” advising the loft co what they need. I cannot believe that if this guy is a qualified plumber that he would have attempted to fit this cylinder this wayYou think if they have done the same
combi can only produce xx amount of hot water LPM and most are designed with 15mm inlet and outlet. the key with the operation of the an unvented cylinder is both good pressure but as importantly is the flow rate and that is what the larger bore pipework allows. That coupled with the fact that your cylinder is installed wrong I’m not surprised your water for the bathrooms is lacking. By getting the right cylinder in there you should see a dramatic improvement. I would usually recommend that someone upgrades their incoming main for an unvented but I realise you’ve spent a fortune on this already and I get the feeling you won’t get anywhere with the companyIndeed.
Im still potentially in a position where it gets replaced and still have two bathrooms which dont work simultaniously. The pressure was better when 1st floor shower was straight from combi. Is this because it was 15mm all the way to shower rather than 15mm into 22mm?
Wow!!Hi Riley. Not sure whether you have facebook but if do check out this post ive done documenting loft debacle Tim Elson
Can someone post a couple of the pics on here. I’m intrigued
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