DIY Project To Zone My House

[Richard at Home]

Good evening and a happy new year to you all

I welcome any comments and feedback to my project I am looking at starting in 2013

now I know all this sort of thing can be done with many of the costly out of the box solutions that probably cost more than the boiler itself

What I am looking at doing is to create a heating system that has at least 3 Zones

I believe I could do this with some changes to the main Pipe work and 3 motorised zone valves and an additional time clock


Reason for project

During the day one member of my family is at home and requires heating to be on for 4 rads in part of the house.

Currently I am heating all the house all day when only part of the house needs to be heated

My daughter-in-law is also at home some times when not at Uni and may need her front room heating.

Now my logic is to have the secondary time clock switching the water flow between parts of the house during the day and in the evenings opening all valves to heat the complete house

Now I know this could also be done with the new wireless digital TVRs but this expense would be significant


I will add to this post as the project develops

If you have any questions or would like to bounce ideas or comments please reply and this may become an interesting post.


Thank you for your time

Best regards

Richard

 

[SimonG]

Lads, lets give the guy a break.

He's come on for advice, once he has the details of what's involved then it is for him to decide on wether he believes he has the skills to complete or bring in the pro.

 

[Howsie]

Why not design your system on paper and get it ratified/validated by a pro. Best of both worlds then.

If you're good on the tools then at least you'll know what your doing will work.

 

[dancinplumba]

Why not design your system on paper and get it ratified/validated by a pro. Best of both worlds then.

If you're good on the tools then at least you'll know what your doing will work.

will he pay the pro ? or get the 'ok' off this forum ?

 

[TBServices]

Why not design your system on paper and get it ratified/validated by a pro. Best of both worlds then.

If you're good on the tools then at least you'll know what your doing will work.

Would you give free advice?

 

[Howsie]

I'm sure he would or someone on here might do it for him.

IMHO this warrants a face to face discussion as its not just about connecting pipes.

 

[Howsie]

Would you give free advice?

To a point, yes.

 

[TBServices]

To a point, yes.

In the hope when it goes to the dogs you'll be brought in to rectify? Lol

 

[Richard at Home]

I have drawn up the current layout of the Heating and Hot water system and i am going to use this as my basis for my modification for the project
I have not drawn up the proposed layout yet

But my idea is to take the 2 main 22mm flow and return pipes and add 2 more runs making a total of 3 Main Zones
Connect the desired Radiators to them and join them all up with the Zone valves to create one system full system.
Hope that makes sense

 

[Howsie]

In the hope when it goes to the dogs you'll be brought in to rectify? Lol

Lol - nope. I rarely take on jobs like this. You always uncover too much crap and people never want to pay coz its only some pipes.

No offense to OP btw.

 

[Richard at Home]

Sorry for the delay i was trying to upload the layout pictures

I do not expecting anyone to do this for me in any way it is my project and i want to do it.

Would i give free advise 100% i always do i love sharing my experiences and hopefully it helps others i have a webpage dedicated to sharing information

I have set this post up for everyone to look at like all internet information take it at face value and do your research.

Thanks everyone for your comments its all good.

Regards

Richard

 

[Howsie]

Are you in IT Richard?

 

[jase158]

whats the webpage?

 

[Richard at Home]

I would never ask someone to take on this sort of project on Professional or otherwise for me.

It is something i want to do as a project.

I moved in the house 3 years ago and the old plumbing is a mess and i want to remove it all and reinstall a new clean layout.

I will 100% guarantee that I will do this. it will work how i intend it to, and i will share all my experiences with you all good and bad and hopefully some may enjoy the read.


Thanks

Richard

 

[Howsie]

I ask coz you're handy with ppt.

 

[Richard at Home]

Into IT for work you mean

No not at work i work in engineering

 

[Richard at Home]

To be honest i can use powerpoint but this was in excel

 

[TBServices]

I would never ask someone to take on this sort of project on Professional or otherwise for me.

It is something i want to do as a project.

I moved in the house 3 years ago and the old plumbing is a mess and i want to remove it all and reinstall a new clean layout.

I will 100% guarantee that I will do this. it will work how i intend it to, and i will share all my experiences with you all good and bad and hopefully some may enjoy the read.


Thanks

Richard

In that case, starting from fresh, don't make the same mistakes again. Use the right tools and materials for the job. And while you're at it, take out the y plan valve on your cylinder and fit 4 2 port valves.

 

[TBServices]

Into IT for work you mean

No not at work i work in engineering

What a shocker lol. Sick of hearing this.

No offence OP.

 

[Howsie]

I have drawn up the current layout of the Heating and Hot water system and i am going to use this as my basis for my modification for the project
I have not drawn up the proposed layout yet

But my idea is to take the 2 main 22mm flow and return pipes and add 2 more runs making a total of 3 Main Zones
Connect the desired Radiators to them and join them all up with the Zone valves to create one system full system.
Hope that makes sense

Can't really read the detail on my phone. Why not junk the pumps and the CWST and install an unvented tank?

 

[Richard at Home]

if you are talking about a Combi system the mains water pressure on my property is very poor and insufficient for the size

I am running a valiant 438 eco tec System boiler