Water tanks can be moved without it costing you a fortune.You will need to have proper drawings done and approved to keep your conversion legitimate anyway so i would leave the architect to worry about where its new location will be.If you are going to take a BIG risk and do your conversion unofficially,then a plumber will advise you on moving it.

post your job under loft conversions ,and this part of the job will be costed together with the rest of the plumbing works

Hi there,the tank can be isolated and drained fairley easy,and recited in a sutable position to hold the weight.
You will need to keep the pipe work below floor level which may mean notching joists ,and keep the over flow in mind when chosing youre new location.

Hi , the cheapest option would almost certainly be to move it out of the way of any intended bedroom ,ie a corner of the attic . You may of course have a combi boiler and the storage tank is only feeding the cold water to your bathroom , in which case the tank could be removed completely and all of your cold water could come straight from the main supply .

A fairly straight forward job for most plumbers. Would just require the draining of the system then the relocation of the tank and supplying pipes. Making a neat job of it would be key.

If you are converting your loft into a room have your chosen builder price it up as part of the works. Its needs to be accessible and insulated where ever it is moved to though.

Hope this helps

Christiaan

Fresh Approach Design & Build Ltd

Hi , Shouldn't be to expensive , about £300 with the copper pipes and new wooden base for the tank , also you may have a smaller tank for the Central Heating that will need to be moved.Regards Rob

Ive done umpteen lofts with tanks in them , we have wrestled them into corners , eves , apex , most of the time it makes accessing them not easy .
Without adding things to your system you can't have a rad up there ( easy ) , and the amount of space you take up could be a lot better used in the loft room . So imo please please look at a condensing combo as a option . You'll get all the benefits from it and probably save the money you've spent in energy over the next few years .
For me most of the time a combo is the way .
Thanks woody apex lofts Barnsley

its not that hard to move it maybe you should consider converting to a combi boiler

Hi, if its your cold water storage tank,this can be moved to one end of the loft, or got rid of altogether! you appear to have gravity hot water down to a DHW cylinder. If you want to go to mains presure hot water then you can have a combination boiler fitted,this will loose the cylinder and the tank! or if you dont then a good plumber can move this to one end of the loft and re-pipe. poss 2 days work £150-250 labour+ materials

kieran

it would only cost approx 300 pounds Plus parts to move your tank to a corner position.

No, this is quite straight forward. the pipes just need extending to the new position. Probably a days work, depending how easy it is to access the pipes.

no not expensive to move however another option may be to convert your system from open vented to a sealed system and do away with the tanks altogether.