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fred
 
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Default Removing HW Cylinder connector insert

John Rumm writes
wrote:

I would like to install a Surrey flange in this location and would like


Well assuming that walloping it does not work, you can get round it by
making your own Surrey/Warix flange....

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| | | Tee, to taps
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| | | _________
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| | | | --- stub of 22mm pipe that used to feed taps
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##| | | |## ---- compression fitting on cylinder
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| | ---- top of cylinder
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| | Water to taps still comes from top of cylinder
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| --- water for shower drawn from lower down
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Nice one John, I've considered a similar setup with a (much) longer central
pipe as a return for a DHW circulation pump.
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fred
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