Gravity hot water

[mick99]

Hello All
This might be a bone question but can I fit a new boiler & keep the gravity hot water system ? I'm sure I can't due to the regs & condensing oil boilers mostly have two outlets ( apart from the very high quality WB range, NOT! )but other plumbers have told my customer that it's ok. Am I wrong ?
Cheers Mick

 

[Mike Jackson]

No. systems must be fully pumped.

 

[erj]

no all the boilers now are made to run fully pumped, so there will be a bit of work to get it alltered and working

 

[Centralheatking]

No you cannot ! and really whats the point ? - old convection/gravity systems would work without electricity but modern boilers wont so there is no point. By the way all questions on here are welcome thats the point of the forum as I see it..........centralheatking
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Hello All
This might be a bone question but can I fit a new boiler & keep the gravity hot water system ? I'm sure I can't due to the regs & condensing oil boilers mostly have two outlets ( apart from the very high quality WB range, NOT! )but other plumbers have told my customer that it's ok. Am I wrong ?
Cheers Mick

 

[MRDrip]

No you cannot ! and really whats the point ? - old convection/gravity systems would work without electricity but modern boilers wont so there is no point.

Yes but - what about a back up power supply to keep the boiler working ?

 

[lame plumber]

fit a raburn vapour burner range with boiler if you have to, no elec needed for that which is why they are all over exmoor. If you put a pump on the primaries, the farmer would only take it off, as it would cost money to run it

 

[vern]

Hello All
This might be a bone question but can I fit a new boiler & keep the gravity hot water system ? I'm sure I can't due to the regs & condensing oil boilers mostly have two outlets ( apart from the very high quality WB range, NOT! )but other plumbers have told my customer that it's ok. Am I wrong ?
Cheers Mick

Speak to Russell on here he did one last week :grin:

 

[Roger Welton]

Regs have required fully pumped for a while, the only boiler I am aware of that can even be connected this way (and work!) is the firebird, still has 4 x bsp tappings on the hex.

 

[tamz]

Or coal

 

[Reg Man]

or wood burner