Further to my last post, when I replace the lead incoming water pipe
where can I connect it to? At the moment it comes into the larder
floor, up the wall across the ceiling, into the kitchen then on up that
wall into the bathroom.
The system is a combi boiler, hence no storage tanks, can I simply take
it into the kitchen and connect into the copper pipe feeding the kitchen
sink? Surely that will be ok, or am I thinking in electric terms?

TIA
John
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Further to my last post, when I replace the lead incoming water pipe
where can I connect it to? At the moment it comes into the larder
floor, up the wall across the ceiling, into the kitchen then on up that
wall into the bathroom.
The system is a combi boiler, hence no storage tanks, can I simply take
it into the kitchen and connect into the copper pipe feeding the kitchen
sink? Surely that will be ok, or am I thinking in electric terms?

TIA
John
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If I understand you correctly, you take the mdpe up to the stopcock,
wherever that may be, unless it is impractical to do so. There are widely
available stopcocks that accept 25mm mdpe on one side, and then 22mm or 15mm
copper the other.

Alex

On Fri, 09 Apr 2004 19:09:47 +0100, in uk.d-i-y Broadback
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Further to my last post, when I replace the lead incoming water pipe
where can I connect it to? At the moment it comes into the larder
floor, up the wall across the ceiling, into the kitchen then on up that
wall into the bathroom.
The system is a combi boiler, hence no storage tanks, can I simply take
it into the kitchen and connect into the copper pipe feeding the kitchen
sink? Surely that will be ok, or am I thinking in electric terms?

You mean move the stoptap to under the sink? Yes, a good idea,
especially if it saves pipes on show and is a lot easier. Just cut off
the connection from lead to copper wherever that maybe and blank it
off and stick a tee in the cold under the sink.
Where did the electric come into the equation?
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In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Broadback wrote:

Further to my last post, when I replace the lead incoming water pipe
where can I connect it to? At the moment it comes into the larder
floor, up the wall across the ceiling, into the kitchen then on up
that wall into the bathroom.
The system is a combi boiler, hence no storage tanks, can I simply
take it into the kitchen and connect into the copper pipe feeding the
kitchen sink? Surely that will be ok, or am I thinking in electric
terms?

TIA
John

I don't quite understand the question, and reference to electrics.

Your rising main will presumably enter the house from under the
floorboards - and will need the main stop tap and drain point low down. It
should then go straight up (or as straight as possible) to the highest point
to be fed - with feeds to sinks, washbasins, toilets etc. being tee'd off
along the way.

If some of your cold taps were previously fed from a storage tank, they'll
now be straight off the mains instead. [All my cold feeds are straight off
the mains anyway, the storage tank simply serving as a header for the hot
water system].

Does that answer the question?
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In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Broadback wrote:


Further to my last post, when I replace the lead incoming water pipe
where can I connect it to? At the moment it comes into the larder
floor, up the wall across the ceiling, into the kitchen then on up
that wall into the bathroom.
The system is a combi boiler, hence no storage tanks, can I simply
take it into the kitchen and connect into the copper pipe feeding the
kitchen sink? Surely that will be ok, or am I thinking in electric
terms?

TIA
John


I don't quite understand the question, and reference to electrics.

Your rising main will presumably enter the house from under the
floorboards - and will need the main stop tap and drain point low down. It
should then go straight up (or as straight as possible) to the highest point
to be fed - with feeds to sinks, washbasins, toilets etc. being tee'd off
along the way.

If some of your cold taps were previously fed from a storage tank, they'll
now be straight off the mains instead. [All my cold feeds are straight off
the mains anyway, the storage tank simply serving as a header for the hot
water system].

Does that answer the question?
The point I was trying to get across was that at the moment the water
main(lead) comes into the house (there is a stopcock, but it has been
painted over repeatedly and is useless) then in a rather convoluted
fashion passes up over a door way, several feet along the kitchen wall,
then up to the bathroom where is serves the bathroom, then 15mm copper
comes down the other side of the kitchen for the sink.

I thought it would be easier to take the new water input, via stopcock
and drain along to the kitchen sink cold feed and connect it there,
where it is much more accessible. This would have 2 advantages
1) less piping in the house.
2) easier to connect the new plastic pipe and thus less time without
water when the time comes.

The reference to electricity was that I am very familiar with that and
if it was wiring it would be practical. Sorry for any confusion
Cheers
John

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In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
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Set Square wrote:

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Broadback wrote:


Further to my last post, when I replace the lead incoming water pipe
where can I connect it to? At the moment it comes into the larder
floor, up the wall across the ceiling, into the kitchen then on up
that wall into the bathroom.
The system is a combi boiler, hence no storage tanks, can I simply
take it into the kitchen and connect into the copper pipe feeding
the kitchen sink? Surely that will be ok, or am I thinking in
electric terms?

TIA
John


I don't quite understand the question, and reference to electrics.

Your rising main will presumably enter the house from under the
floorboards - and will need the main stop tap and drain point low
down. It should then go straight up (or as straight as possible) to
the highest point to be fed - with feeds to sinks, washbasins,
toilets etc. being tee'd off along the way.

If some of your cold taps were previously fed from a storage tank,
they'll now be straight off the mains instead. [All my cold feeds
are straight off the mains anyway, the storage tank simply serving
as a header for the hot water system].

Does that answer the question?
The point I was trying to get across was that at the moment the water
main(lead) comes into the house (there is a stopcock, but it has been
painted over repeatedly and is useless) then in a rather convoluted
fashion passes up over a door way, several feet along the kitchen
wall, then up to the bathroom where is serves the bathroom, then 15mm
copper comes down the other side of the kitchen for the sink.

I thought it would be easier to take the new water input, via stopcock
and drain along to the kitchen sink cold feed and connect it there,
where it is much more accessible. This would have 2 advantages
1) less piping in the house.
2) easier to connect the new plastic pipe and thus less time without
water when the time comes.

The reference to electricity was that I am very familiar with that and
if it was wiring it would be practical. Sorry for any confusion
Cheers
John

OK, I think I understand. You can connect your new supply to any convenient
point within your current cold water distribution system. If under the
kitchen sink is the most convenient point, then fine - as long as you blank
off the previous connection point.

The only other thing to consider is to make sure that you've got adequate
water carrying capacity to high usage areas - particularly the combi boiler.
If in doubt, you may need to upgrade some of the existing 15mm copper to
22mm.
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