I'm planning a complete refit of my bathroom, hopefully converting to a wet room, and I just wanted to get some idea of my options.
The bathroom is (sadly) very small, around 1.7m x 2.3m. This is not helped by the fact the hot water tank with immersion heater takes up one corner of the room. (0.7m square)
I'm also assuming the fact I wouldn't be able to damp proof the cupboard (and hence would have a second perimeter door) would make it more tricky to convert to a wet room.
I'm fairly sure the boiler in the kitchen is not a combi boiler at present.
What are my options, how difficult to achieve, preferable for decent hot water supply?
- Can I move the hot water tank into the loft?
- Can I move the hot water tank into the garage? (Kitchen wall partially shared)
- Can I remove the hot water tank if I go over to combi? (or have I misunderstood what I need to change over to hot water "on demand"?)
- Something else?
I'd love to get the space back into the bathroom, and I really would like to go wet room with walk in if at all possible.
UK based if it makes any difference for the building regs etc.
Best Answer
Regulations, Regulations, Regulations. However, your existing boiler should have been installed under some previous regulations so changing over to a combi and getting rid of the tank stuff shouldn't be a problem for a qualified gas safe engineer. One of the safety aspects is "Ventilation", but you already have a boiler in place so spend a bit of money on getting legal/professional advice and then invite 3 companies to quote you. Good luck