by Perry525 »
Sat Apr 05, 2008 1:45 pm
You wrote that you are aware of the potential problems. However, let me run over some of the ones I feel are important.
The most important, is the possible effect on the resale of your house.
A lot of people having tried closed systems have identified that they are not for them!
You will have no emergency store of water!
When a main breaks, or someone diggs it up, you have no water.
You cannot, wash, shower, flush the loo, have a cup of tea, without driving to the nearest open supermarket and buying bottles of water.
If you have a baby or young children, having to find an open supermarket in the middle of the night can be a challenge. Using expensive water to flush the loo can be off putting?
If you live by yourself, or with one other person, and you know what they are doing at all times, perhaps OK.
If you have a family, and are taking a shower and someone turns on a tap and you loose your hot water, and you are left covered in soap and cold - not exactly a pleasure!
Even having to think!
Can I put on the washing machine, or dishwasher? Will it cause a problem over the next hour or so?
If someone wants to wash, shower run a bath - do you want these problems?
Is your mains pressure high enough to run the system?
Will it provide water to two taps?
Will it work at times of high demand?
Keeping in mind that closed systems use far more heat to heat your washing water, and therefore, waste more heat, do you want the additional expense?
With an open vent system, its fit and forget, for most of us.
Would it not be better to wait until your current system needs replacing? Before spending all that money?
You can invest in an ISA and get 6.5% on your money.
