Removing Central Heating

Aug 16, 2006 5 Replies

Hi All,



My current CH system is quite old and I'm going to save costs on installing a new one by running the pipework and hanging the rads myself. In the existing set up both the hot water and CH come on at the same time. There are no thermostats. What I'd like to do is remove the old CH system but keep the hot water. Is there a way to do this? I was thinking about joining the CH feed and return a few metres from the boiler but was unsure if this would cause problems. Any help appreciated.



Cheers



Mmm. if there is as definite HW feed and return, just cap off the rads circuit altogether and let the boiler only heat the HW..

That's what I thought but was worried that the boiler may somehow overheat because there are no thermostats. Does the boiler regulate itselff?

Boliers have a thermostat built in so no problem.

there will probably be a control on the boiler that allows you to control the temp of the boiler. you could turn it low because you dont want the hot water cylinder at the 80 degrees that a CH system needs.

==================== You could probably fit a temporary thermostat to the tank to control the on / off of the boiler to be safe.

Look here for one type:

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