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TheScullster wrote:

"Cicero" wrote

Isn't there a danger that the water will become stagnant? What do you use
the water for - toilet flushing or washbasin?

Cic.

Stored water loft tanks has been used in the past for:

Feeding indirect hot water cylinder
Showers - to provide balanced pressure for hot water from above source
Toilet cisterns - to provide buffer for loss of mains water
Bath cold feed (not sure why)

This was the basis for the original plumbing in my 1970s house.

In mine everything apart from the kitchen tap was off the header tank.

I've altered things to provide mains cold water to all wash basins as well.
Although we cleaned teeth etc in header tank water for many a year with
no ill effects. I think.

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