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Unlimited hot water with 4 bathrooms - is it possible?
Nickfromwales replied to Indy's topic in Boilers & Hot Water Tanks
You lied about your age...you're clearly in your late 70's lol. -
Unlimited hot water with 4 bathrooms - is it possible?
Nickfromwales replied to Indy's topic in Boilers & Hot Water Tanks
If you have 8' x 8' x 5' of space (plus surrounding areas clearances)...... / 4 ELM DIMENSIONS // B C A Unit Elm 75/60kW LN Elm 75/60kW SN Elm 105/70kW LN Height ‘A’ (mm) 2400 Width ‘B’ (mm) 2354 Depth ‘C’ (mm) 1455 Operating Weight (kg) Shipping Weight (kg) 1850 -
Unlimited hot water with 4 bathrooms - is it possible?
Nickfromwales replied to Indy's topic in Boilers & Hot Water Tanks
What if the ASHP option cannot provide sufficient oomph, as per the OP's request, then do you steer back to gas regardless due to necessity? Guilty as charged. Send him down. -
Unlimited hot water with 4 bathrooms - is it possible?
Nickfromwales replied to Indy's topic in Boilers & Hot Water Tanks
You said when he 'has to go to ASHP', so I'm charging you with entrapment. -
Yes to PTFE, but if easier you can buy liquid PTFE / joint 'glue' and leave these to cure as per the instructions. https://ukradiators.com/products/that-rapid-blu-stuff-liquid-ptfe-tape-50ml?nbt=nb%3Aadwords%3Ax%3A22500772236%3A%3A&nb_adtype=pla&nb_kwd=&nb_ti=&nb_mi=290210051&nb_pc=online&nb_pi=shopify_GB_14870046245237_54875791294837&nb_ppi=&nb_placement=&nb_li_ms=&nb_lp_ms=&nb_fii=&nb_ap=&nb_mt=&tw_source=google&tw_adid=&tw_campaign=22500772236&tw_kwdid=&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22500719472&gbraid=0AAAAADoz-xFD0GR_UGIhNwyTm5D5bA2MB&gclid=CjwKCAjwxfjGBhAUEiwAKWPwDpxdLx0vas8vgmw0X3OdlWk7TJTAewnN_f5QFpeBD7OxQ_Slagyi9BoCzPwQAvD_BwE
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48's fine for the mixer. The nuts, olives and inserts will separate from the unions, and then you fit the unions to the new unit, and then simply screw the nuts and pipe back on.
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Best approach for drilling 20mm terrazzo tile?
Nickfromwales replied to markharro's topic in Bathrooms, Ensuites & Wetrooms
Nope! Proceed to the CT1 shop this exact minute and deviate-ye-not from'th the plan. Don't worry about taking it apart again afterwards, because if you're at that point then the CT1 behind a few things will be the very least of your worries -
Some of the big sheds are cheap for plaster / plasterboards / insulation etc. You just have to keep doing the legwork if you want to save £££, but sometimes you just don't have enough hours in a day to be splitting smaller hairs. If there are big chunks of stuff, then email it off for a quote as early on as you can to get some yardsticks.
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Don't use a gypsum screed, use Cemfloor instead and then no need to feck about taking off what you just paid to put down
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Unlimited hot water with 4 bathrooms - is it possible?
Nickfromwales replied to Indy's topic in Boilers & Hot Water Tanks
Indeed, lol. That's if the NHS outlives the gas supply....... -
Unlimited hot water with 4 bathrooms - is it possible?
Nickfromwales replied to Indy's topic in Boilers & Hot Water Tanks
With my knees I'll be signing up at Dignitas at 65 😆 -
Unlimited hot water with 4 bathrooms - is it possible?
Nickfromwales replied to Indy's topic in Boilers & Hot Water Tanks
That was my idea for that setup. Not pretty on paper so to speak, but did what they guy asked me to. Lower temp (it was a PH MBC job) heating was peeled from the TS on a lower set of tappings; the pipes running low behind the cardboard boxes. Telford made the cylinder entirely bespoke, and sprayed something like 100-120mm of foam (hence it doesn't have the usual posh dinner jacket), as it was a higher temp store in a PH, so wanted to reduce latent losses. High level temp probe pocket for the boiler to kick in ASAP, not the greatest, but with the volume of water in the TS to use for some elasticity it didn't go crazy on short-cycling, so afaic a plenty good enough design / arrangement. -
Have you tried Pasquill? https://pasquill.co.uk/ They've been very helpful with a current project. One designer says the job (now borderline fully committed EnerPHit affair) is entirely unique in their companies history......but together we cracked it out; the job (with a few tweaks left to iron out) is good as gold now. When I rang to make some adaptations to the installed roof, so we could tweak the splays on the rooflights, the guy I spoke to said he's still in therapy
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Unlimited hot water with 4 bathrooms - is it possible?
Nickfromwales replied to Indy's topic in Boilers & Hot Water Tanks
How soon (actually) before the OP has to worry about gas disappearing.........altogether? Prob not in my lifetime, and I'm 51. Or at least when it does I will be too old to give a shit. -
Best approach for drilling 20mm terrazzo tile?
Nickfromwales replied to markharro's topic in Bathrooms, Ensuites & Wetrooms
Not at all. -
Grundfos Pump Occasionally Stalls on Willis based UFH system.
Nickfromwales replied to TerryE's topic in Underfloor Heating
@TerryE You reminded me above you have HA. So will be simple for you to dial in some extra on / off prompts? You can dial in remotely from Greece lol. 😜 -
Grundfos Pump Occasionally Stalls on Willis based UFH system.
Nickfromwales replied to TerryE's topic in Underfloor Heating
The primary issue @TerryE is the short duty of the pump as running for only a couple/few months max means these stagnate and ‘stick’ quite annoyingly. I had 3x UPM3’s do exactly this on a very high spec (£3.8m) PH+ project and I couldn’t work it out. Had to drive to West Sussex 3 times to get them all spinning again (manual strip down and spin with a pliers). Major unwanted cost to me, and a big piss me off!! Eventually I realised these pumps do NOT like sitting still. Solution there was a Shelley which was set to spin the pump for 60 seconds at 03:00 on the first day of each month. Had to use one per, to keep the switch lives apart. No issues since. Just so bloody much to think about with PH; pros / cons / caveats / gotcha’s etc. #livingandlearning -
Mastic, silicone, sealants and foams.
Nickfromwales replied to Nickfromwales's topic in Building Materials
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Unlimited hot water with 4 bathrooms - is it possible?
Nickfromwales replied to Indy's topic in Boilers & Hot Water Tanks
I did as you ask in a house in Oxford, way back when first dabbling in the new works of building “not shit” houses; this was my first sample of an MBC PH dwelling. Client remit was to be able to have 4 reasonable showers at the same time, without notable dips in performance. Did it, and client was happy. Left is a 300L cold mains accumulator, and right is a 500L thermal store with a 28mm cold in / hot out instantaneous DHW coil (high flow / efficiency by design, courtesy of Telford bespoke offerings). Behind there is the utility room when I hid a 37kw Vaillant 637 system boiler, so when the TS called for heat it got it. This system literally can provide continuous DHW, but the caveat is that the accumulator will eventually deplete. I suggested a 500L acc’r but client said they’d see how the 300L one performed; no issues afaik. -
Unlimited hot water with 4 bathrooms - is it possible?
Nickfromwales replied to Indy's topic in Boilers & Hot Water Tanks
Would still struggle methinks. It may ‘work’ but it won’t do as the op asks. -
Mastic, silicone, sealants and foams.
Nickfromwales replied to Nickfromwales's topic in Building Materials
But you’ve failed to comment on how good it smells? -
I like a challenge, but not one that requires 100% of my available life force. I wish you well on your renovation, and please keep us updated as you progress in accordance with your architects guidance. Are you aware of the retrofit / new build airtightness system from AeroBarrier? May be a good fit for you, to get into any missed nooks & crannies; that’s dependant on what stage you’re at.
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I'm saying that the block can go, and the step can be reduced. Is there insulation under that small section of what appears to be a flat roof? Lots of info helps get better replies, so sorry if I'm assuming it does. Hard to tell from the pic what's actually in front of the 'step'.
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Our pleasure, lol.
