*** The great central heating challenge***
Step 1 - Boiler
Hello all,
Before I start I’d like to say hello to everyone, been reading the forum for awhile but this is my first post. My situation is that I have purchased my first property in Glasgow (FTB) and due to the current market used all my saving to get the 10% deposit.
The property is a purpose built cottage flat (upper) 2 bedrooms.
Now I move into the property in approx 1 month time.
Currently the property has an ancient back boiler system with a horrible fire front
So first port of call will be a new central heating system however the pennies are really tight… but I’m determined to go that extra mile and get a good system in (better in the long run) but on a budget
(I’m sure you can all cast your minds back to your first property and the little hidden costs that come with it)
Well anyway, as in the title the first part of my challenge is the boiler system. I am planning on doing a lot of research (to protect myself) and to source the parts to use as a comparison when getting quotes from fitters.
. Ok a question for all you nice people my research has fed me to the following…
Installing Combi so the water tank and immersion tank can go.
A rough guide would be possibly 5 radiators and a heated towel rail
Now I want a decent shower system (eventually)[ havent tested mains pressure yet but assuming all is good] so need flow rate to be above 10 (not using a pump as it’s a combi system) and a power output above the 19KW (not sure about this can’t work out a rough guide and I know I need to measure rooms, heat loss for accurate reading)..
Therefore came to either of the below boilers.
Valiant Ecotec plus 831 (due to flow rate 12.7 ** with built in pump** ) with the 29KW output being regulated to 23
Or
Alpha CD 28x (due to flow rate11.4) with the 28.6KW output being regulated to 23
all comments and tips and things to research would be welcome.
One week of research and I’ve learned about sealed & open systems.
Different manufactures - good the bad and the ugly
What the gas fitter must do for a solid install (flush the system etc..)
Step 2 – Flues …………..
Step 1 - Boiler
Hello all,
Before I start I’d like to say hello to everyone, been reading the forum for awhile but this is my first post. My situation is that I have purchased my first property in Glasgow (FTB) and due to the current market used all my saving to get the 10% deposit.
The property is a purpose built cottage flat (upper) 2 bedrooms.
Now I move into the property in approx 1 month time.
Currently the property has an ancient back boiler system with a horrible fire front
So first port of call will be a new central heating system however the pennies are really tight… but I’m determined to go that extra mile and get a good system in (better in the long run) but on a budget
(I’m sure you can all cast your minds back to your first property and the little hidden costs that come with it)
Well anyway, as in the title the first part of my challenge is the boiler system. I am planning on doing a lot of research (to protect myself) and to source the parts to use as a comparison when getting quotes from fitters.
. Ok a question for all you nice people my research has fed me to the following…
Installing Combi so the water tank and immersion tank can go.
A rough guide would be possibly 5 radiators and a heated towel rail
Now I want a decent shower system (eventually)[ havent tested mains pressure yet but assuming all is good] so need flow rate to be above 10 (not using a pump as it’s a combi system) and a power output above the 19KW (not sure about this can’t work out a rough guide and I know I need to measure rooms, heat loss for accurate reading)..
Therefore came to either of the below boilers.
Valiant Ecotec plus 831 (due to flow rate 12.7 ** with built in pump** ) with the 29KW output being regulated to 23
Or
Alpha CD 28x (due to flow rate11.4) with the 28.6KW output being regulated to 23
all comments and tips and things to research would be welcome.
One week of research and I’ve learned about sealed & open systems.
Different manufactures - good the bad and the ugly
What the gas fitter must do for a solid install (flush the system etc..)
Step 2 – Flues …………..
