Well another year has past and I've not done anything large (or small really) to the house. But after a leak from our unvented hot water tank The Major and I decided to get rolling on a refurb for the futility room.
The saga begins.
The old tank is lodged upstairs in one of the bigger bedrooms between the chimney breast and the front outside wall. The idea is to move the unvented tank (which can be anywhere on the hot water system as it is pressurised) from the upstairs cupboard and fit the new one into the utility room, thereby freeing up a cupboard upstairs.
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| Elderly Megaflo unvented hot water tank leaking in situ |
This means removing some of the fitted cupboards in the utility room to get the new tank into place and then getting it boxed in. As the current units are worn old 80's Moben ones it would seem to make sense to fit new cupboards. Also the current boxing for the pipework that runs around all sides of the room (as it has a mains gas supply, two mains water supplies, the central heating boiler and grey water piping) is pretty ropey so we may as well renew that as well. There is also the matter of an intermittent leak from the roof that has been an occasional annoyance.
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| Proposed location for new hot water tank in corner of room (where toolboxes are) |
So the plan of action is
- Get plumber in so we can have hot water without soaking the hall and the front door jamming open.
- Have builder in to look at the wall, get any required repairs done and make good any damage.
- Bring in a kitchen fitter to box out the new tank and pipework and get new units installed.
- Complete any general decorating.
Everything should done by Christmas and the first room will be off the refurb list. Seems straightforward...
