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RE: Need ASHP advice for old (1882) stable development in SW Scotland - where do I begin?

100sqm, two room spaces connected by a wide corridor with a room in the middle.

2 years ago
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RE: Need ASHP advice for old (1882) stable development in SW Scotland - where do I begin?

@bontwoody cheers for that, first glance looks suitably complicated 😀 I'm running a small electric fan heater in the space now with a therm...

2 years ago
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RE: Need ASHP advice for old (1882) stable development in SW Scotland - where do I begin?

@bontwoody I share the same approach to things in all things building, I quite like the learning curve and spending weeks often making a complete mess...

2 years ago
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RE: Need ASHP advice for old (1882) stable development in SW Scotland - where do I begin?

I pay joiners £220 a day on day rates, £160 for the plumber, £2- 300 for a spark, I'd expect to pay more for a heating engineer and have no problem wi...

2 years ago
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RE: Need ASHP advice for old (1882) stable development in SW Scotland - where do I begin?

@heacol completely agree, I trust my plumber and he could do it, but in life and ASHP's experience is everything, I'm also useless with engineering so...

2 years ago
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RE: Real world advice on ASHP installation - 2 18kW ASHP's recommended

@bontwoody you can reuse timber for a stud wall no problem, with a wooden stud you lose less space by cutting PIR to fit into the stud then make up th...

2 years ago
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RE: Need ASHP advice for old (1882) stable development in SW Scotland - where do I begin?

Cheers, I'm slightly relieved, I priced up the kit in the quote and it came to £5/6k just ordering the first I found on the internet, so struggling to...

2 years ago
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RE: Real world advice on ASHP installation - 2 18kW ASHP's recommended

I guess the first question is do you want to cover it? you can insulate and board with a vented cavity. I can show you an example of sandstone,...

2 years ago
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RE: Need ASHP advice for old (1882) stable development in SW Scotland - where do I begin?

I screenshotted the key bits, the rest is just the usual contracty fluff, I don't have the heat loss survey.

2 years ago
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RE: Long burning briquettes

Until recently my only heat was a multi fuel stove, bout 9 years burning wood only, a year on smokeless anthracite over wood, first consideration for ...

2 years ago
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RE: Real world advice on ASHP installation - 2 18kW ASHP's recommended

James, I can't offer advice on the ASHP but I may be useful for your insulation, understand the reservations regarding cavity insulation, but it's not...

2 years ago
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RE: Need ASHP advice for old (1882) stable development in SW Scotland - where do I begin?

@bontwoody, will do when I get back and dig it out, if I can that is, I'm struggling with the forum already, I somehow accidentally joined another for...

2 years ago
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