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I'm looking to install a hot water/central heating system in a static caravan. I have a woodburner with back boiler and I want to heat primarily my hot water but also a small rad and towel rail. The main issue as I see it is height. Ideally I would need to contain the system within the caravan giving only 2 metres to play with.

So 2 simple questions, can I and if so how?
 
Hi The cylinder would need to be fortic type indirect or some thing similar Fitted as near too and above the boiler with min 28 mm F&R. As for rads you would need to disperse access heat but gravity circulation will not work unless rads are at ceiling height which is not really an option. Good Luck
 
I did something like this once when doing a self build, it was a wood burning back boiler, in a site hut serving a couple of radiators in a portacabin

Expansion tank was in the roof space of the site hut, pump was on the return to boiler, it worked quite well for a "lash up" for over winter use

My self if I was going to do a static caravan for permanent use, I would be inclined to go the continental way with a sealed system, for the heating side (does away with the expansion tank and pipework) BUT fit a safety valve like this [DLMURL="http://www.thermador.fr/www/product.asp?objectid=26704&objectkind=5"]produit[/DLMURL] so in the event of over heat the boiler will dump hot/boiling water to waste and cold water will fill the boiler water jacket, so avoiding a dangerous situation, I would fit a circulator on the flow with a pipe thermostat to control the circulator, which would be used for both the indirect cylinder coil, and heating

If you went the traditional UK way with expansion tank etc, I would fit a safety valve like this [DLMURL="http://www.thermador.fr/www/product.asp?objectid=26748&objectkind=5"]produit[/DLMURL]

My reasons for fitting a capillary type safety valve instead of a spring loaded safety valve with a rubber washer, is that I don't trust them to lift before dangerous pressures can build up in the boiler, and I have heard that the rubber washer can get stuck to the seating of the valve, and not lift when needed
 
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