Advice Needed re Upgrading Central Heating

[dixiedean]

Hi all, I have a medium sized detached 4 bedroom house with 2 en-suites, family bathroom and downstairs toilet and sink. It was build in 1998 by a mainstream building company and has a regular standard boiler for that year, central heating using 1/2 copper pipe, an immersion tank with a motorised CH switch. The boiler is in the attached garage. The pipe work comes in under the guest en-suite and across the landing into the airing cupboard. There is a large cold water tank in the loft. I think it would be described as low pressure.

My wife has decided we need to upgrade our bathrooms and wants to replace the old ball and valve toilets with more modern ones, and install Hans Grohe taps and Raindance showers. Are these suitable for use with the boiler we have? Will we need to install a pump, and if so, one or two?

Would it be a good time to install a new boiler and if so, what type? Would it still be located in the garage (which we would prefer)?

If we didn't install a new boiler, would it be a good idea to put pipe work in now for a new boiler as the tiles on the guest en-suite floor are to be replaced and I wouldn't like to do it again at a later stage, especially as the wall tiles are to be tiled right onto the new floor tiles?

All advice gratefully received

 

[Meady]

You wouldn't need to run new pipework in, and the boiler isn't what's affecting your water pressure, it's the fact you have a vented system instead of unvented. If you can afford it your best bet would be to get a unvented hot water cylinder fitted which would give you mains pressure for all of your hot and cold taps in the house. It would also mean the tanks up in the loft can be got rid of.

 

[SafeGasInstall]

Upgrade is optional only if there is good mains flow and pressure , requires a survey to do test ! If test fail then a good pump such as Sturat Turner will do a good job !

 

[Megaflo-Experts]

If you have sufficient water pressure and flow, a Megaflo (or unvented) cylinder would be the best solution. Get three quotes, and explain what you're looking to achieve and the installer should suggest the best solution for your set-up - they will definitely need to test your water pressure and flow.

If you post your location, there are good guys on here who may be able to help.