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Last seen: Sep 4, 2025
@sand what make is the heat pump, and what where do you set the heat curve? Is it on a room unit?
@editor you are missing the point, all that is possible with the right products (not Evohome unless it’s on the opentherm bridge) Tado on any bus conn...
@flowboy ironically the technology upon which these systems rely (open therm) was developed at Glasgow university in the late 80s, and sold by Honeywe...
@mike-patrick it might seem to you there are choices of approach, but for for optimum performance of the heat pump and vrc700 you really should select...
@webcmg in the first best world you would have an electronic mixer controlled by a vaillant wiring centre for the floor and two heat curves..
It really saddens me to see the heat pump industry go the unsustainable way of the boiler industry. The reasons it is the way it is are complex and ...
This is such a sad topic. Heating systems in the U.K. can be state of the art as anything..from optimised use of energy to minimise consumption mainta...
You ask: “Is it correct for the weather compensated system control to be in the insulated area of the garage?” the answer is, it depends ...
@derek-m I agree but am in no position to do that.
@morgan sorry it’s not a theory. A compensating controller will tell the heat pump or electronic mixer to lower flow temperature as target room temp ...
@kev-m essential where the controls come from the same manufacturer as the heat pump, but with the proviso that the communication between the two is t...
Introducing my self here. I am a London based installer of heating systems, and concerned that many well intentioned purchasers of heat pumps are miss...
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