Matthew Score
Gas Engineer
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We are just about to extend our house and thinking over what system to install.
Currently our household consists of myself, my wife and our 3 year old daughter.
When finished the house will be 5 bed with one main bathroom, ensuite and a downstairs ensuite.
I have mulled over using air source but I have heard horror storeys about large energy bills.
Thinking a gas boiler is the way to go.
Downstairs will be UFH with radiators upstairs and electric underfloor heating to the bathrooms with wet towel rads.
Given the 3 bathrooms I am thinking Unvented cylinder is the only way to go but space upstairs is limited, the only place downstairs would result in a long draw off for the main ensuite which will be the most used bathroom.
That leaves the loft, which has low head room of about 1.5 meters, I have never fitted a horizontal cylinder and head they aren't great due to stagnation.
May be a storage combi in the loft on the gable wall, which would give an equal draw off to all outlets (on a water meter)
I have no experience of storage combi's but have been looking at a intergas boiler that uses a small cylinder to pre heat the water which is meant to give great out put for water. Also the boiler can be set up to have 2 different outputs depending on the demand.
Currently our water usage is isolated to 2 showers in a morning and a small bath in the evening for our daughter so not a great demand but we are hoping to have another child once we finish the building works and as both children get older that demand will increase so I want to future proof our system with out wasting energy heating a cylinder to not use it.
I am also thinking with 3 zones a LLH would be required.
In regards to controls I was thinking of using the drayton wiser Trv's to effectively zone the upstairs and the main controller for the UFH.
I have really over thought this and got my head in a right muddle.
If any of the above makes sense what are people's opinions?
Currently our household consists of myself, my wife and our 3 year old daughter.
When finished the house will be 5 bed with one main bathroom, ensuite and a downstairs ensuite.
I have mulled over using air source but I have heard horror storeys about large energy bills.
Thinking a gas boiler is the way to go.
Downstairs will be UFH with radiators upstairs and electric underfloor heating to the bathrooms with wet towel rads.
Given the 3 bathrooms I am thinking Unvented cylinder is the only way to go but space upstairs is limited, the only place downstairs would result in a long draw off for the main ensuite which will be the most used bathroom.
That leaves the loft, which has low head room of about 1.5 meters, I have never fitted a horizontal cylinder and head they aren't great due to stagnation.
May be a storage combi in the loft on the gable wall, which would give an equal draw off to all outlets (on a water meter)
I have no experience of storage combi's but have been looking at a intergas boiler that uses a small cylinder to pre heat the water which is meant to give great out put for water. Also the boiler can be set up to have 2 different outputs depending on the demand.
Currently our water usage is isolated to 2 showers in a morning and a small bath in the evening for our daughter so not a great demand but we are hoping to have another child once we finish the building works and as both children get older that demand will increase so I want to future proof our system with out wasting energy heating a cylinder to not use it.
I am also thinking with 3 zones a LLH would be required.
In regards to controls I was thinking of using the drayton wiser Trv's to effectively zone the upstairs and the main controller for the UFH.
I have really over thought this and got my head in a right muddle.
If any of the above makes sense what are people's opinions?