Raising the cold tank

[dave1977]

Hi

I have recently bought a thermostatic valve shower that is suitable for gravity fed systems, however after reading the distructions it turns out that i need 1meter between the bottom of my cold water tank in the loft and the top of the shower head and I only have about 50cm's

I have considered a pump too difficult as i would need dedicated hot/cold feeds to it/ special flange for the Hot tank

so i want to look into raising my cold water tank, im guessing its 50gallons. It needs to be raised by approx 50cm

apart from rerouting the existing pipework to meet the new location of the tank, is there anything else i need to consider with regards to the platform that the tank sits on? Is it just a case of making it bigger height wise?

 

[spacethegas]

just make sure it is supported sufficiently.

the more head the better...

 

[ChrisR]

FIrst try it where it is, you might find it acceptable.

 

[dave1977]

Im planning on building the platform with fencepost thickness wood, laying 3 or 4 across the existing platform then laying another 3 or 4 across the other direction on top, and so on until i get the required distance.

the cold tank sits on the same platform as the central heating tank, and im only going to build below the cold tank, so im not goning to raise the central heating tank.