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 Marvinator80
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Topic starter 26/01/2023 9:44 pm   [#781]
  1. Sorry if there is a thread about this already, I did search and didn’t see one. 

has anyone here had any good experiences with boxing in their cyclinders? I honestly do not know how we are going to box this one in. Might just need to live with it - it is a utility room I suppose.

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26/01/2023 10:10 pm  

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.

 



   
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26/01/2023 10:13 pm  

@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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Topic starter 26/01/2023 11:09 pm  

@editor yes it’s very tight with the door in mind. We shall see!



   
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27/01/2023 10:27 am  

@marvinator80, let us know what you decide.


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 Kev M
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27/01/2023 12:20 pm  

@marvinator80 

looks like you could squeeze in some 12mm ply?



   
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Topic starter 27/01/2023 5:29 pm  

We have builders here just now due to the garage. Got them to have a look and they reckon it can be done! 



   
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27/01/2023 9:29 pm  

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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28/01/2023 8:45 am  

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 

 

 



   
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Topic starter 17/02/2023 11:40 am  

Delighted with this outcome.

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17/02/2023 12:16 pm  

@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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Topic starter 17/02/2023 12:22 pm  

@allyfish hi ally, no they definitely didn’t.



   
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