hey plumbers, is there a certain height for the cylinder tank to be at in the loft of a new build bunglow. floor to ceiling is 2.4m also what distance above the hot water tank should the header tank be at.
thanks

A minimum of 1m to its base, but in reality as high as you can get it.

Use marine ply as the base a well, in case of any leakage later on

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Dave

www.drlgas.co.uk

The cylinder will be on the strengthen joists, as low as possible, and the base of the storage tank a 1m above the top of the cylinder.

Personally, I think it's yet another crazy idea. You will have very low water pressure unless you installed noisy pumps, and be very limited to a choice of low pressure taps.

If the mains pressure was good, and unvented cylinder would be 10 x better.

But whichever way you go, make sure the roof can take the weight.

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I expect you've already done so, but just in case...

Invest in the time to check the mains pressure for unvented compatibility before installing an outdated system that's only in place because of the war-time laws stating that homes needed to have a certain amount of stored water in case a mains pipe was ruptured by bombing.

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