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Installs, outside and in

Eighteen photos. The outdoor units get the attention, but the cylinders, valves and lagging behind them are what make a system run well for years.

White Vaillant aroTHERM plus single-fan air source heat pump on anti-vibration feet over a gravel bed, with a yellow rotary isolator fixed to the brickwork above. — Vaillant aroTHERM plus on a gravel bedFeet set on the gravel so meltwater drains straight away.

Black Vaillant twin-fan air source heat pump standing on rubber feet beside a downpipe, with the rotary isolator mounted on the brick wall at shoulder height. — Black twin-fan Vaillant beside a downpipeA larger twin-fan unit for a bigger heat load, isolator at shoulder height.

Heat pump plant wall in a garage: Vaillant system control with display, heating expansion vessel, magnetic filter, lagged flow and return pipework and a dedicated consumer unit. — Plant wall in a garageControls, filter, vessel and consumer unit grouped on one wall.

Black Vaillant air source heat pump against a white rendered wall, with cable runs clipped straight and lagged pipework leaving the wall at low level. — Black Vaillant against a rendered wallCable clipped in straight lines and pipework lagged as it leaves the wall.

White Vaillant aroTHERM plus twin-fan air source heat pump raised on a concrete plinth in the corner between two brick walls. — Twin-fan unit raised on a plinthRaised on a plinth with clear air in the corner of two walls.

Joule Cyclone Platinum 390 litre heat pump cylinder with press-fit copper distribution pipework and two Pneumatex expansion vessels fixed under the eaves. — Joule Cyclone Platinum 390 litre cylinder390 litres for a busy household, every circuit labelled and valved.

Two blue IMI Pneumatex Statico expansion vessels with isolating valves and a pressure gauge, mounted above a Joule Cyclone Platinum cylinder. — Expansion vessels above the cylinderIsolating valves under each vessel so they can be serviced on their own.

Vaillant aroTHERM plus single-fan unit on a gravel base below a ground floor window, with the supply cable clipped vertically to the isolator. — aroTHERM plus below a windowGravel base and a vertical cable run to the isolator.

Joule Cyclone Platinum cylinder with foil-lagged pipework, a red heating expansion vessel and a water softener fitted in a utility cupboard. — Cylinder cupboard with water softenerFoil-lagged primaries and a softener protecting the cylinder.

Copper hot and cold supplies under a kitchen sink, clipped square with isolating valves and a brass stopcock. — Copper supplies under a kitchen sinkSupplies run square and clipped, with valves where you’d need them.

Mitsubishi Ecodan pre-plumbed cylinder, Vent-Axia MVHR unit, expansion vessels and underfloor heating manifolds arranged in a single plant cupboard. — Ecodan cylinder and MVHR in one cupboardEcodan cylinder, MVHR and two underfloor manifolds in one cupboard.

Underfloor heating manifold with circulating pump and mixing valve, copper primary pipework and a red expansion vessel beside the cylinder. — Underfloor heating manifold cupboardUnderfloor manifold with its own pump and mixing valve.

White Vaillant aroTHERM plus twin-fan unit on a concrete slab, with flow and return run in black trunking along the bottom of the wall. — Twin-fan unit with pipework in trunkingFlow and return boxed in black trunking along the wall.

Black Vaillant single-fan air source heat pump on a slab surrounded by slate chippings, with the isolator and lagged pipes on the wall behind. — Black Vaillant on slate chippingsSet into the garden on a slab with slate around it.

Black Vaillant heat pump with lagged flow and return risers, red-handled isolating valves and a rotary isolator on the wall beside the garden. — Lagged risers and isolating valvesLagged risers with isolating valves on both pipes.

Black Vaillant air source heat pump on rubber feet over a concrete slab, with the condensate drain led off the slab into the gravel. — Condensate led off the slabCondensate drain led off the slab into gravel.

UK Cylinders unvented hot water cylinder in an airing cupboard, with the Vaillant control unit, expansion vessels and lagged pipework beside it. — Cylinder in an airing cupboardUnvented cylinder in the old airing cupboard, controls beside it.

Vaillant heat pump control unit with its display powering up, fused spurs below and a heating expansion vessel and gauge alongside. — Vaillant control unit powering upThe control unit powering up during commissioning.

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