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The Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009
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- 2009 No. 255
- SCHEDULE 2
- Hot water services
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17.—(1) Every unvented water heater, not being an instantaneous water heater with a capacity not greater than 15 litres, and every secondary coil contained in a primary system shall—N.I.
(a)be fitted with a temperature control device and either a temperature relief valve or combined temperature and pressure relief valve; and
(b)be capable of accommodating expansion within the secondary hot water system.
(2) An expansion valve shall be fitted with provision to ensure that water is discharged in a correct manner in the event of a malfunction of the expansion vessel or system.
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I1Sch. 2 para. 17 in operation at 3.8.2009, see reg. 1(1)
18. Appropriate vent pipes, temperature control devices and combined temperature pressure and relief valves shall be provided to prevent the temperature of the water within a secondary hot water system from exceeding 100°C.N.I.
Commencement Information
I2Sch. 2 para. 18 in operation at 3.8.2009, see reg. 1(1)
19. Discharges from temperature relief valves, combined temperature pressure and relief valves and expansion valves shall be made in a safe and conspicuous manner.N.I.
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I3Sch. 2 para. 19 in operation at 3.8.2009, see reg. 1(1)
20.—(1) No vent pipe from a primary circuit shall terminate over a storage cistern containing wholesome water for domestic supply or for supplying water to a secondary system.N.I.
(2) No vent pipe from a secondary circuit shall terminate over any combined feed and expansion cistern connection to a primary circuit.
Commencement Information
I4Sch. 2 para. 20 in operation at 3.8.2009, see reg. 1(1)
21. Every expansion cistern or expansion vessel, and every cold water combined feed and expansion cistern connected to a primary circuit, shall be such as to accommodate any expansion water from that circuit during normal operation.N.I.
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I5Sch. 2 para. 21 in operation at 3.8.2009, see reg. 1(1)
22.—(1) Every expansion valve, temperature relief valve or combined temperature and pressure relief valve connected to any fitting or appliance shall close automatically after a discharge of water.N.I.
(2) Every expansion valve shall—
(a)be fitted on the supply pipe close to the hot water vessel and without any intervening valves; and
(b)only discharge water when subjected to a water pressure of not less than 0.5 bar (50 kPa) above the pressure to which the hot water vessel is, or is likely to be, subjected in normal operation.
Commencement Information
I6Sch. 2 para. 22 in operation at 3.8.2009, see reg. 1(1)
23.—(1) A temperature relief valve or combined temperature and pressure relief valve shall be provided on every unvented hot water storage vessel with a capacity greater than 15 litres.N.I.
(2) The valve shall—
(a)be located directly on the vessel in an appropriate location, and have a sufficient discharge capacity, to ensure that the temperature of the stored water does not exceed 100°C; and
(b)only discharge water at below its operating temperature when subjected to a pressure of not less than 0.5 bar (50 kPa) in excess of the greater of the following—
(i)the maximum working pressure in the vessel in which it is fitted, or
(ii)the operating pressure of the expansion valve.
(3) In this paragraph “unvented hot water storage vessel” means a hot water storage vessel that does not have a vent pipe to the atmosphere.
Commencement Information
I7Sch. 2 para. 23 in operation at 3.8.2009, see reg. 1(1)
24. No supply pipe or secondary circuit shall be permanently connected to a closed circuit for filling a heating system unless it incorporates a backflow prevention device in accordance with a specification approved by the Secretary of State or the National Assembly of Wales under the Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations 1999.N.I.
Commencement Information
I8Sch. 2 para. 24 in operation at 3.8.2009, see reg. 1(1)
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