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water cylinder

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  1. R

    Hot water cylinder coil query

    Hi there I run the maintenance for a company and at the moment were having problems with a vent pipe on the roof splurging warm water at intermittent times. Its a large building with 3 cylinders providing hot water to 6 toilets and 3 kitchen and as you can except pipework all over the place...
    • Rick B
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    • cylinder hot water water water cylinder
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Boilers
  2. B

    Noisy hot water cylinder/pipe work

    System Greenstar Danesmoor Utility Regular 18/25 Oil fired. Danfoss pump and Drayton mid-point valve, vented indirect Gledhill Stainless cylinder and immersion heater. Installed last October and installer does not reply to my calls or emails. Boiler in garage and airing cupboard on the other...
  3. O

    Unvented hot water cylinder

    Hi guys, I was wondering if someone is interested in changing either the expansion vessel and the prv on a ultrasteel he cylinder. The customer of mine would like either just changing the faulty parts or what I suggested Ian upgrading the whole pipework and safety parts as it seems very like...
    • Old Account
    • Thread
    • cylinder hot water unvented water water cylinder
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Bathroom Advice
  4. M

    Should i go for an Unvented Hot water cylinder?

    Hi, I am about to have an old asbestos water tank replaced in the loft and also have a new shower pump fitted, however it occurred to me if i switched to an unvented cyclinder i wouldnt actually need either of these. Ive seen them in screw fix for about £550 which seems reasonable. I...
  5. L

    Open vented hot water cylinder with secondary return and shower pumps?

    Wanted to get some advice. I am looking to install secondary return pump to open vented cylinder as it has a long run to two wash hand basins that are supplied from side tapping of the hot water cylinder. What this house also has are 3 bathrooms that have baths and showers which have fancy taps...
  6. T

    System boiler/hot water cylinder spec for large property

    Hi there, My hubby and I are in the middle of a renovation that's turned out to be the equivalent of a new build. We've had to change everything apart from the envelope including all the plumbing and electrics. The property is approx 260sq m on 3 floors and has a total of 9 rooms, 2 kitchens...
    • Tosanni
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    • boiler cylinder hot water system water water cylinder
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Boilers
  7. M

    Hot water cylinder has no overflow?

    Hi, I am replacing my cold water tank in the loft as its made from asbestos. There is an overflow pipe feeding into it as expected however oddly this doesn't come from the top of the hot water cylinder, it comes up from the floor boards so i cant see where the pipe is connected to. Has anyone...
  8. A

    New Gledhill Hot Water Cylinder Tappings Not in Line

    Hi, I'm a diy plumber who is replacing and relocating the vented indirect HWC. I've ordered this copper unit from Gledhill but when coming to install it have noticed that the coil inlet / outlet ports are not in line. The top port is about 10mm back towards the cylinder and points slightly up...
    • andyzplace
    • Thread
    • cylinder hot water water water cylinder
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Bathroom Advice
  9. S

    Help identification of Hot water cylinder I am working on

    Can anyone identify this behemoth? Looks like a vented combination cylinder, but not sure why it has 2 pumps and so many tappings
  10. P

    Fitting Thermostat To Hot Water Cylinder

    I have a close coupled solar panel with horizontal water cylinder mounted directly above it. I need to fit a thermostat to sense the hot water temperature and control the central heating boiler coil input. There is only one place for a thermostat that I can see that is in the middle of the...
    • paulfg
    • Thread
    • cylinder fitting hot water thermostat water water cylinder
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Bathroom Advice
  11. J

    hot water cylinder - gate valve settings

    Hello all Spot of trouble, help much appreciated. I'm working in a house with an ancient boiler, a Stelrad Ideal Classic RS40 with a hot water cylinder, apparently without a heating element. Never worked on such a system before. Since altering the gate vale settings the boiler seems to get...
    • jamesscott
    • Thread
    • cylinder hot water valve water water cylinder
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Bathroom Advice
  12. L

    Megaflow indirect hot water cylinder.

    Hi, have Megaflo indirect unvented cylinder heated by gas boiler. Have noticed that when mains water stopcock is closed I can still draw hot water from the cylinder. Is this normal or is there a problem with the cylinder?
    • LSJ
    • Thread
    • cylinder hot water water water cylinder
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Bathroom Advice
  13. S

    Hot Water Cylinder Thermostat problem - I’ve been stupid.

    I have: - Gas combined central heating and water heating Drayton MA1 Mid Position Actuator Drayton HTS3 Cylinder Thermostat Solar iBoost+ that’s connected to 2 Immersion Heaters (top and bottom) I wanted to replace the HTS3 with one that has a lower lowest setting so that the solar immersions...
  14. Q

    Vented hot water cylinder

    Hi I've recently moved into a property with a vented hot water cylinder and my landlord is trying to make me use the system for two hours twice a day, on the basis that if such a cylinder is not used regularly in this way it is likely that the element will blow quicker. There is an electric...
    • quickquery
    • Thread
    • cylinder hot water water water cylinder
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Bathroom Advice
  15. B

    Hot water cylinder leaking

    Hi Guys, Bogman here. I'm new to the forum and would appreciate a bit of advice regarding my Hot Water cylinder which has started leaking from the bottom underside. It is an Ariston Contract STI 210 Indirect with an Immersion heater. Do i have to replace the entire cylinder or is there a gasket...
    • bogman
    • Thread
    • cylinder hot water leaking water water cylinder
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Bathroom Advice
  16. K

    New water cylinder leaking sticky stuff... Need help

    I bought a new house 6 months ago and the water cylinder is leaking stick stuff is that normal? I have added a photo
    • Kirsty 12
    • Thread
    • cylinder leaking water water cylinder
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Bathroom Advice
  17. R

    Reposition of hot water cylinder

    I have been and looked at a job yesterday to move the vented cylinder from the bathroom airing cupboard into the loft. I have no issues rerouting all pipework controls etc. I have heard that doing this from previous posts i have read that people have run into a few issues on the way. Any...
  18. M

    Hot water cylinder size

    Hi all, I have a customer who is complaining of not having enough hot water. Its a father and 19 year old son, 2 bed cottage, 1 bath, 1 basin, 1 kitchen sink. The old cylinder is 450 x 900 indirect, although there is no boiler in the cottage, there are pipes connected to the coil which seem to...
    • malc
    • Thread
    • cylinder hot water size water water cylinder
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Bathroom Advice
  19. O

    Stored hot water query and issue insulated hot water cylinder with 2 side entry immersion heaters

    Hi folks. First post on this forum. I'm a gas safe plumber/engineer and came across a hot water problem in a property with a type of direct hot water cylinder I've not encountered before. I know someone on here is going to wonder what type of plumber i am for not understanding this system, but...
    • Ontheball
    • Thread
    • cylinder hot water immersion water water cylinder
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Bathroom Advice
  20. M

    New Indirect Hot Water Cylinder Connection Leaking

    Yesterday I had a very frustrating day installing a new indirect hot water cylinder which the customer had bought from Screwfix. There were six connections in total (cold feed, boiler flow & return, Surrey flange with feed to shower and DHW) and, as is the usually the case, every connection...
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