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the because the people who advise the government work for component manufacturers outside the U.K. so the interest is sales only, not responsible engi...
As a heating installer the current chaos was all predictable 15yrs ago when condensing boilers became mandatory in the U.K. Almost all boilers then an...
I’m an installer of weather compensation control systems for nearly 17yrs. What is important to understand is that it is room temperature that is crit...
the great british mind complicating things to justify policy makers existence. Really heat pumps should be installed as the manufacturing compan...
@witchcraft Don’t get me wrong correctly installed heat pumps are as good a heat source as any. thr technology is world class. Vaillant is an ex...
@saz yes big companies in the heating industry are run like Department of Social Security or What ever it’s called! they also know the in...
@editor it’s great people are beginning to appreciate why the heating industry is the way it is. Truly the rot starts from the head…policy and manufac...
what’s needed is engaged local installers independent or through a proper a company that forge mature relations with end users. But this model conflic...
the fixed flow temp was put in because you have an on-off thermostat somewhere. this needs to go microbore is probably fine too.. i have weather...
german standards have mandate out door sensors on all heat generators since 1985. They don’t use on-off controls to control a heat pump and other pump...
@saz you won’t, they are just there to move equipment like washing machines in fairness as an installer I can tell you that if the install follows ...
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