The utility room is fairly big – 2.3m x 3.8m – but there is a lot of kit to go in here. Two cylinders for the ground source heat pump, under floor heating manifold, pump module and the ground source heat pump. The layout suggested by the ground source heat pump installer would have effectively converted the utility room into a plant room.
We realised early on that there was significant height in this part of the extension and therefore decided to raised the two cylinders up onto a platform so that the underfloor heating manifold and pump could be installed underneath them. This reduces the amount of space required in the utility room to install this kit.
The steels that will support the platform for the cylinders were installed this week.
There is a lot of kit to go into the uitlity room that relates to the ground source heat pump. By putting some steel beams into the utility room we can raise two of the water cylinders up and put additional kit underneath the cylinders.