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One thought is that the advantage of an oversized system is that the radiators are hopefully also oversized, so you can run it at a lower temperature....
Looks like you can get the go (non intelligent) without an ev, just don’t ask :). I pressed the button and got the email to agree the conditions. If I...
I’m with octopus cozy, with my battery size it means that all by usage comes from the three cheap periods. I’m looking to switch to go in April, as t...
@terry1812 sorry didn’t mean to offend. That’s lucky their policy did overlap with your requirement. For me there was no need for repipe (22 & 15m...
@terry1812 oh I dodged a bullet there! I had the BG surveyor come round and I started with saying that their policy is to replace all piping! I send ...
100m2 5kw £11000-£7500=£3500 pick 3 radiators
I think the theory should be that you save what the difference in heat loss is between normal and lowest temperature that is reached during the setbac...
I didn’t take one out and surprisingly Boxt didn’t try to sell me one. I’m sure they will correct that oversight. The Vaillant guarantee says: Dur...
@chansug for me the survey was done by the engineer that did the installation, but I think that is not a given and the install might be done by a diff...
From my experience I’ve learned the following: the heat loss calculation is definitly an estimate. For starters the u values of the materials and t...
you can play around with the answers to get to the right value. Like you I already knew the heat loss so I changed the build year until I got the righ...
You might want to give Boxt.co.uk a try. At least for me they had octopus level price, but were able to proceed quite quickly. They also give an upfro...
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