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Forum Handle: Alan(alan22) Manufacturer: Valiant Model: 7kw Type: ASHP. Arrangement: No idea. Area of Country: Ayrshire Scotland. Home Typ...
More of a reintroduction, I joined when I started looking for a fitter, that took more than a year, I'm now sitting in my pants typing with air source...
I just checked, it was a Heat Geek that did my quote.
@iancalderbank, I have learned two things so far, Heat Geeks and Octypus are worth researching 👍
@editor I think that is the same one I looked at, I think I failed the 'much too handsome' to qualify section, to be honest I have applied for grants ...
I'm in Scotland, not aware of a similar grant scheme here. For a moment there I thought I was getting free public transport 😀
I don't know what a BUS grant is, I don't qualify for grants as far as I know.
Well this sounds promising 😱
So how does this work? can I hire a system designer then get my plumber to fit? or am I tied in to a company to do all? at the minute it seems a bit l...
It's a fair point, I'm used to coming in from work and lighting a multi fuel burner and feeling skin burn, the idea of tepid radiators is not exactly ...
The electric heater experiment failed miserably, the thermometer didn't move in 2 hours, it's a small heater and the ceiling is 4m in a 15x5m room, in...
James, I'm pretty clueless with this stuff yet but I have 300sqm in freezing Scotland and the quote I got was for one 11kw ecodan, the quote came from...
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