I've not seen this before, plumbing! Anyone make sense of it?

[mrlossyman]

Hi,

I'm about to purchase a new home ( divorce :-( ) and I've had an offer accepted. I've renovated a few homes before and I get the basics of plumbing. However, I took a few pictures from this house today and couldn't work out what was going on? Has anyone seen this before? It looks to me that the boiler is not recirculating the water but instead feeding it through the tank into the hot water system. If that's the case (i am probably wrong) I don't know what the tank is doing? It looks a bit of a botch job looking at the fittings etc. any advice would be appreciated.

 

[mrlossyman]

PS. Happy to be part of the community! I'm in Surrey SW London.. Originally from Pembrokeshire, Wales...

 

[havasu]

The majority of the experts on this forum are based in the United States, but there may be a chance one will be able to help you with your issues.

 

[breplum]

Welcome.
I think you'd have to make a schematic of everything to start evaluation.
And, like Hava' says, we are mostly USA based...that said, sh.. still flows downhill here too.

 

[wpns]

Welcome! Yeah, need more details (what’s that pump supposed to do?) and pictures, is this new construction? Maybe the builder would have some insights?

 

[Pipe Dreams]

Looks like a jet pump to me.

 

[wpns]

CT Force 20TU Brass Pumps | Salamander Pumps says it's a dual=-headed pressure pump for boosting hot and cold water pressure in gravity-fed systems?

 

[breplum]

It is a system that we have nothing similar to for reference.
They use vented gravity storage tanks with float fill valves...wacky to the USA public water system methodology

 

[Pipe Dreams]

It is a system that we have nothing similar to for reference.
They use vented gravity storage tanks with float fill valves...wacky to the USA public water system methodology

would seem pretty efficient to me really, cool

 

[Pipe Dreams]

PS. Happy to be part of the community! I'm in Surrey SW London.. Originally from Pembrokeshire, Wales...

Glad we can understand your typing as I am sure most would not understand your accent.............jut kidding kind of.