Boxing in your cylinders. - Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)

RE: Boxing in your cylinders.

AllyFish — Fri, 17 Feb 2023 11:34:08 +0000

@marvinator80 good on them. I wish my installer hadn't now, as it adds nothing and probably robs efficiency. It may be coming out one day. I don't need it for system volume with 22 radiators and a 10kW unit. ;)

RE: Boxing in your cylinders.

Marvinator80 — Fri, 17 Feb 2023 11:22:16 +0000

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

RE: Boxing in your cylinders.

AllyFish — Fri, 17 Feb 2023 11:16:25 +0000

@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.

RE: Boxing in your cylinders.

Marvinator80 — Fri, 17 Feb 2023 10:40:25 +0000

Delighted with this outcome.

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RE: Boxing in your cylinders.

Jeff — Sat, 28 Jan 2023 07:45:18 +0000

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

RE: Boxing in your cylinders.

scrchngwsl — Fri, 27 Jan 2023 20:29:31 +0000

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.

RE: Boxing in your cylinders.

Marvinator80 — Fri, 27 Jan 2023 16:29:01 +0000

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

RE: Boxing in your cylinders.

Kev M — Fri, 27 Jan 2023 11:20:13 +0000

@marvinator80

looks like you could squeeze in some 12mm ply?

RE: Boxing in your cylinders.

Mars — Fri, 27 Jan 2023 09:27:11 +0000

@marvinator80, let us know what you decide.

RE: Boxing in your cylinders.

Marvinator80 — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 22:09:39 +0000

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