fortic tank in loft ??

[ngc]

I have a small terraced holiday house. I want to move the existing h/w cylinder from the upstairs bathroom to the loft to make more space at bathroom. Currently the property has a small fortic tank .ie direct cylinder with c/w on top. H/w is heated directly via immersion on this tank.
Normally I would go unvented route since I am big Megaflo fan, but incoming pressure at this house is not that high and its not worth all the expense. Flow rate and reheat time is currently enough (for holiday use) from the small fortic, and will surely only improve with move to loft (if pipes are sized enough).
The existing central heating at the house is all electric rads so I dont want to add a combi boiler just for h/w. Plus I want to keep the cost to absolute minimum. The existing little fortic works fine.
There is enough space to put it up there. Obviously will need to be (1) sufficiently insulated (2) accessible for maintence and (3) replacable via loft hatch. But are there any other reasons/regs why I can't move it up?
Any advice or comments are welcome. Cheers

 

[turnpin]

the weight might be an issue🙂 regards turnpin

 

[tamz]

No reasons not to. Make sure you build a platform for it spanning at least 3 rafters to spread the weight.

 

[ngc]

yes, it would sit over a wall that divides 2 bedrooms, so no problem making a strong platform to take the weight. I was curious if there were any other reasons that I might have overlooked....

 

[Bernie2]

Is the water pressure high enough to get up into the loft?

Some Fortics only have a small cold water tank to feed their hot water cylinder and so also part rely on the water main to fill it as the hot water is used.

If the main can't keep up, it may be air locking every five minutes, if the cold feed tank empties and lets air down the cold feed into the cylinder.