Hi,
Moved in to 1980s bungalow in the last year. Doing renovations and manging things myself (I'm a qualified sparky -- clueless about plumbing until recently!)...
New bathroom with all new domestic plumbing going in. Cylinder position is changing and new cylinder going in. Need to switch from gravity domestic to pressurised as well (unvented cylinder fed by mains). Hoping we won't have to touch the heating side too much (open vented, oil boiler and ciculation pump -- currently no motorised valve(s)).
Thing that's complicated things is we want to put the new cylinder in now but at a later date plan is to put in boiler stove to help heat DHW and rads. New cylinder could go next to where boiler stove will be installed, but ideally we'd put it in the utility, 18+m from boiler stove and not practical to chase the concrete floor between the two...
Heard that a "Heat Genie" (by SystemLink) could be a good solution, as that way the stove can heat the cylinder without relying on a gravity circuit (??)
Anyone have any experience with heat genies or have any advice/tips on the best way to go about things?
Plumber who is putting in bathroom (and is/was going to put in new cylinder) doesn't have experience with boiler stoves. Another plumber I contacted isn't prepared to connect a boiler stove to an unvented cylinder -- but have heard (including from someone from cylinder manufacturer, Joule) that there are safe ways to link boiler stoves and unvented cylinders (just need to know what you're doing it seems)..
Thanks for reading and thanks in advance for any suggestions,
Andy
Moved in to 1980s bungalow in the last year. Doing renovations and manging things myself (I'm a qualified sparky -- clueless about plumbing until recently!)...
New bathroom with all new domestic plumbing going in. Cylinder position is changing and new cylinder going in. Need to switch from gravity domestic to pressurised as well (unvented cylinder fed by mains). Hoping we won't have to touch the heating side too much (open vented, oil boiler and ciculation pump -- currently no motorised valve(s)).
Thing that's complicated things is we want to put the new cylinder in now but at a later date plan is to put in boiler stove to help heat DHW and rads. New cylinder could go next to where boiler stove will be installed, but ideally we'd put it in the utility, 18+m from boiler stove and not practical to chase the concrete floor between the two...
Heard that a "Heat Genie" (by SystemLink) could be a good solution, as that way the stove can heat the cylinder without relying on a gravity circuit (??)
Anyone have any experience with heat genies or have any advice/tips on the best way to go about things?
Plumber who is putting in bathroom (and is/was going to put in new cylinder) doesn't have experience with boiler stoves. Another plumber I contacted isn't prepared to connect a boiler stove to an unvented cylinder -- but have heard (including from someone from cylinder manufacturer, Joule) that there are safe ways to link boiler stoves and unvented cylinders (just need to know what you're doing it seems)..
Thanks for reading and thanks in advance for any suggestions,
Andy