Hi When we moved into our 1930's house last year it had only a big
separate shower in the bathroom which we like but no bath (and no
radiator in the bathroom either!). With 2 kids we need a bath - and
some heating in there! There is a large airing cupboard in bathroom
too, set into what must be an unused chimmey. (There are no fireplaces
left in the property sadly). That houses the water tank (?),the pump
for the shower and the central heating mechanism/timer etc. The boiler
itself is downstairs in the kitchen. The gas central heating boiler is
a British Gas reg serviced conventional one and replaced by last owners
only 4 or 5 years ago. Would we be able to have the contents of the
airing cupboard put in the loft to give room for bath and leave our
current central heating system as it is (and just add a radiator in the
bathroom) - or would we need a combi? And if we had a combi what added
pipe work would we have to have compared to our current system. Help -
this sounds a bigger job than I thought it would be?!

wrote:

only 4 or 5 years ago. Would we be able to have the contents of the
airing cupboard put in the loft to give room for bath and leave our
current central heating system as it is (and just add a radiator in the

Almost certainly... you will probably need to get the cold tank lifted
higher into the loft so as to keep enough head to fill the hot water
cylinder.

bathroom) - or would we need a combi? And if we had a combi what added

No need for a combi.

pipe work would we have to have compared to our current system.

If you went for a combi, you would probably end up with less pipework
all together...

Help -
this sounds a bigger job than I thought it would be?!

A days work perhaps.... if you don't feel up to doing the plumbing
yourself, you could make the plumbers job simpler by doing the woodwork.
(i.e. plinth for a the cold tank - high enough up so that its base is
higher than the full height of the hot water cylinder, and a solid
boarded section of loft to sit the hot water cylinder on.

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Cheers,

John.

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