Truma Ultrastore water heater insulation.

You can still buy those segmented domestic cylinder jackets that have a drawstring to pull them together at the top.Individual segments can be separated from the rest and are fully sealed so no danger of escaping fibres. This is what I plan to fit next time I have access to the water heater.
Al.

bikeralw wrote:You can still buy those segmented domestic cylinder jackets that have a drawstring to pull them together at the top.Individual segments can be separated from the rest and are fully sealed so no danger of escaping fibres. This is what I plan to fit next time I have access to the water heater.
Al.

Like that idea

So do I.

Thanks Al.

Jaytee wrote:Ours does not get anywhere near as hot as that

Does yours smell ? Both our Combi boilers have been very smelly. The last one had numerous mods, both at the dealer and at Truma. This one is also smelly and has been looked at by both AS and our dealer. It is worse when we use the gas to heat water but is still noticeable when we heat water on hook up.  It has always been put down to burning dust but I don't think so.

Quilter wrote:

Jaytee wrote:Ours does not get anywhere near as hot as that

Does yours smell ? Both our Combi boilers have been very smelly. The last one had numerous mods, both at the dealer and at Truma. This one is also smelly and has been looked at by both AS and our dealer. It is worse when we use the gas to heat water but is still noticeable when we heat water on hook up.  It has always been put down to burning dust but I don't think so.

Yes, fairly regularly. Spoke with Truma and it is residual hot air/heat from the flame/elec element chamber getting into the plastic plenum when the fan isn't running to disperse it. Has done it now for two years so just live with it, seems fine 

burlingtonboaby wrote:I had some offcuts of loft insulation spare and carefully located it around the hot water tank and the rear of the Ultraheat unit.
As Al and Derek have said it does make a difference to the heat loss from the Ultrastore water heater .
My hot water is still warm the next morning, enough to have a wash at the sink.
Boaby

Purchased a couple of rolls of white fibre loft insulation from our local DIY shore, then decided to replace and add some of the insulation I had installed around the water heater.
I had felt cold drafts from the behind the front seats recently, so removed the grey covers on each side of the van located behind front seats, revealing two sizeable voids and drafts coming from the floor area, I have added insulation to the voids and stopped the cold air from coming up into the cab area.
Boaby