Here we have a large private residence in an exclusive area of Hove, near Brighton.
Part of the property and one of our vans!
Our client had just purchased the property, and engaged us following finding this blog on our web site.
There were two main tasks; firstly, one of the two boilers for the property had failed and was beyond economical repair.
The second problem was the water supply. The road is on the top of a hill overlooking the coast and the water flow rate was very poor, in the region of just 8 litres per minute. The static pressure was also poor, varying between 1.0-1.5 bar. Our customer did not want to use the shower puumps, finding them too noisy, he wanted a modern unvented system.
We proposed fitting a new Worcester Bosch CDI conventional condensing boiler, to restore the heating to the house.
New Worcester Bosch 30CDi conventional condensing boiler
In order to transform the cold and hot water, we fitted a Trentclyde Charger and Mainsboost system, which was located in the garage. The garage floor sloped, so we construucted a plywood base for the two 450 litre tandem accumulators.
New accumulators and Charger in garage
For the hot water provision, a Vaillant uniSTOR 310 litre unvented cylinder was installed in the loft space, having removed an old horizontal hot water cylinder and an assortment of cold water tanks.
The system can now deliver mains pressure wholesome water to all outlets, at a static pressure in excess of 3bar. Flow rates of 50 litres/min can easily be supplied, the accumulator banks being sited in the garage, have taken no additional space in the house.
Like all our systems, this was specified, designed and installed by ourselves. The Worcester-Bosch boiler is warranted for 5 years. The installation was completed in late February 2011.
