Looking at purchasing a replacement indirect 36 X 18 hot water cylinder. Prices seem to vary wildly from £100 up to about £250. I am guessing there are heavy discounts on some of the trade catalogue prices but there is still a significant difference.
Can anyone recommend a decent make? Is it worth paying more? Do I pop down to B&Q or go to one of the trade suppliers?
Screwfix are significantly cheaper than B&Q or anyone else I've come across, at least for the few common sizes they do.
No. The ones they stock round here look poorly made.
Your local plumber's merchant should have a good one at a decent price. £100+VAT is about right.
Go to Travis Perkins and buy a 160 litre quick recovery coil Telford Typhoon. They are cheap enough, around £150, I think. The quick recovery coil you will appreciate in the zippo hot water and they cheaper to run than normal Part L cylinders.
Can you tell me what makes the tank a "quick recovery" tank. Is the coil inside longer or larger which in turn makes the water heat up quicker ?
Either or both: in short it has a larger surface area so the rate of heat transfer from to the water is the cylinder is greater.
The term is cylinder.
Yep.
Prices vary dues to different factors.
Grade 3 Part L is the minimum spec now. I doubt there are many of the older ones still around to buy.
Popular sizes are 42x18 (") and 36x18 (") and can be easily obtained for under £100.
Unusual sizes will push the price up. You can also get them made from stainless which adds a fair bit to the price but they would have an indefinate life. (Copper is about 25 years).
Standard sizes can be got from Screwfix for about the same as a competitive merchant.
Oh dear, mine has just had its 25th birthday.. I needed an excuse to upgrade to a better one :-)
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