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Loft hot water and heating issues, please help!

Posted by Peter Lu, on
I will be doing a loft conversion and have some problems that needs solution which I really hope you guys can spare a moment to help me. I am going to have a bathroom in the loft and here are the following questions that I have: 1) the water tank is in the loft, do I need to install a pump to feed the shower and basin in the loft given that there is no head or gravity? 2) If I install the tank just below the roof, will there be enough pressure for the shower and basin? 3) Can I connect mains water directly to the bathroom in the loft? Will the pressure be sufficient? 4) As the hot water cylinder is on the 1st floor, can I use a pump for the hot water to flow up to the loft? 5) How can I get hot water going up to the loft's radiator? 6) Can I install a pump for the heating water to flow up to the loft?

martin wilburn

1 a pump can be fitted for the hot water and cold mains should ok 2 possibly but the pressure won't be brilliant 3 yrs but the pressure may not be great 4 yes 5 if it's an open vented system you will need the header tank moving into the loft to a height higher than the radiator 6 there will be a pump already on the heating system and this will do that job

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