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Plumbers - advice required

Hello

We are having a new central heating system fitted including new boiler and pipes with a feed and return pipe system (I hope i've used the right terminology!). The house is a 3 bed semi and we will have a combi condensing boiler (Baxi)

Will we need more than one "drop" (from downstairs to upstairs pipes) again, hope I've used the right terminology!

Thanks in advance!

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  • andyhop
    andyhop Posts: 1,996 Forumite
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    depends on layout

    are the ground floors timber or concrete
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  • Steph998
    Steph998 Posts: 489 Forumite
    You wont need more than one drop as long as the pipe is big enough to cope with the flow. The important thing is the diameter of the pipe, ideally 22mm, but 15mm would be acceptable.

    Edit : I'm not a plumber. OH knows a wee bit.
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  • Hi Andy

    Thanks for your quick reply!

    The livingroom and kitchen has timber flooring, the hall and utility are concrete (currently work in progress - the builder is leaving us channels for the pipework to be fitted)

    In terms of layout - the boiler will be in the utility which is directly below the bathroom.
  • Steph998 wrote: »
    You wont need more than one drop as long as the pipe is big enough to cope with the flow. The important thing is the diameter of the pipe, ideally 22mm, but 15mm would be acceptable.

    Edit : I'm not a plumber. OH knows a wee bit.

    Thanks Steph - planning to use 22mm for the pipe work then the 15mm to the rads (I think!)
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