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I have UFH downstairs and 3 rads and towel rail upstairs, the gas boiler used to be upstairs so it had the air bleed system with it. ive had the sys...
@adamk my system has on on flow and return at highest point above expansion tank, and 3 others on other pipes in the system room
I have a Heat Pump, so on the Cosy Tariff I get 7h at 12p, 3h at 36p and the rest at 24p. i have 5kW off batteries and Solar, from April to November...
Thats how my PV works, it says on the CU to isolate the array in the loft if doing any work on the array, or Id guess doing that at night would be saf...
@toodles Mercaptan is added to Gas as a way to identify leaks, as Gas leaks were hard to detect and a few bad explosions have occurred with undetec...
i had the gas pipe terminated out side the house in the rabbit hutch style housing. The meter and regulator were removed and a seal fitted on supply...
@jamespa I have a friends EV parked on my drive for the summer as he likes to drive his MX5 when its sunny. If I could hook that up to charge at 7p...
@majordennisbloodnok your summary is along same lines as I was thinking, pcp on a car is for those who can afford it and dont want to own a car b...
@majordennisbloodnok balcony solar panels are available in UK, search Amazon for them, here’s a site specialising in them
Definitely. i had heat calcs for my rooms done, a small bedroom was assumed to be an office, so surveyor assumed 21C reqd temp. In operation, this r...
Being with Octopus, I’m paid 15p for any exported kWh, so cheaper to use HP to warm the DHW than Immersion Heater. Octopus also advised setting DHW ...
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RE: Where heat loss surveys seem to go against practical reality
@batpred This is a great idea in theory. Our house is i...
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RE: Next steps on my ASHP journey: Radiators and Pipework
@bobflux The hydraulic simulator is very interesting...
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RE: 7kW EV Charger Options Advice
Thanks. Yes, we have patchy 4G. The only option we had ...
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RE: Being screwed over by Volkswagen Audi Group
Thanks, @batpred. That integration is the one I have in...
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RE: How Accurate Is My DIY Heat Loss Calculation?
@batpred I suspect it will be more this year. I had 9 ...
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RE: Surface mount or bury primaries for heat pump installation?
@jamespa It's rusting 🙂
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RE: Glass lined Cylinder for private water supply
Thank you, once again, for your replies. Yes...
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It’s been out a few days and Amazon has already attache...
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RE: Missing flow temperature in Heat Geek proposal
Yes, and this is another point I agree. We did find a f...
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RE: Problems with sizing a replacement for a Viessmann Vitocal 200-S
A very good point. In effect, the DHW pipework is an em...
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