Boxing in your cylinders.
I suppose that you could build a frame around all the equipment.
Just make certain that any electronic equipment is not exposed to high temperatures.
@marvinator80, the previous owners built a cupboard for our HW cylinder – it's a neat finish. You could probably do the same, but it might be a tight fit down the right (as I'm looking towards to your door) as it might touch the doorframe and possibly limit how much your door will be able to open.
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looks like you could squeeze in some 12mm ply?
We have builders here just now due to the garage. Got them to have a look and they reckon it can be done!
You could also box off just the front and left side and hide it behind a curtain on the side by the door if there's not enough space there.
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You could do something with the door but clearly a bigger change
A more drastic solution is to reverse what looks like a back door and or fit a door a bit narrower if that would help.
Or have the door open out rather than in to the house. We have that on one of our doors in a utility room where room is tight
@marvinator80 WOW! Absolutely fantastic. Very tidy.
Out of interest, did your installer fit a low loss header and secondary pump or not? I don't see one there. I don't think single zone ASHPs need them, not with 15, 22 & 28mm piping or underfloor circuits. Grant tend to default to using them, they had some issues with retrofits using 10mm and mircobore which need a higher delta T over the emitters, and could not get the required flow higher delta T and lower rate through them compared to standard 15mm piped rads without hydraulic de-coupling of ASHP from heating circuit. It's a compromise solution in my mind.
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