Soldato
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Ah, that's simple enough then.
Ah, that's simple enough then.
I've got a question for the hive mind here.
Do you need a hot water tank with a heat pump or are there any which heat on demand like a combi boiler does?
Reason is that we don't have a tank currently and really don't have anywhere to put one as we designed the house around having a LPG combi, I did a self build 9 years ago so our house is very well insulated but like i say has a combi and normal rads up and downstairs.
Also from looking tanks look to be around the 200 litre mark, is that right? We've got a big free standing bath which i believe is around 220 litres capacity so surely i'd run out of water just filling the bath, what if we wanted a shower or 2 shortly afterwards? Or have i misunderstood and that's not how it works?
You need some kind of thermal store.I've got a question for the hive mind here.
Do you need a hot water tank with a heat pump or are there any which heat on demand like a combi boiler does?
Reason is that we don't have a tank currently and really don't have anywhere to put one as we designed the house around having a LPG combi, I did a self build 9 years ago so our house is very well insulated but like i say has a combi and normal rads up and downstairs.
Also from looking tanks look to be around the 200 litre mark, is that right? We've got a big free standing bath which i believe is around 220 litres capacity so surely i'd run out of water just filling the bath, what if we wanted a shower or 2 shortly afterwards? Or have i misunderstood and that's not how it works?
You need some kind of thermal store.
You can put the cylinder in an unheated space like an attached garage, loft or if you are lucky enough to have one, basement.
If you can’t fit a normal sized cylinder, have a look at a heat geek mini store. They are not as efficient but they are a lot smaller.
On the bath front, you don’t need 200 litres of hot water to fill a 200L bath as you’ll be mixing down to get the bath to a temperature which you can actually get into without giving yourself burns.