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@jamespa I agree. It's not to say that some people probably do have problems but the commissioning side of the install is where Octopus let themse...
I was thinking about this a bit. It's probably not a problem if they are all similarly oversized otherwise the flow temperature might be too high for...
There is a Facebook group in which the lead engineer participates but he doesn't get involved in every discussion and his responses are often cryptic ...
Interestingly, being a timber framed house, all internal walls are plasterboard. The internal walls which have an external facing are plasterboard ba...
Sorry if it wasn't clear. I have set all TRVs open, the set temp is 30c which is max (at around 7pm last night from 25c) and turned down the low OAT ...
A bit more information. I monitor the room temps at various times during the day and record them, along with some other pertinent information. Unfor...
Ah, that makes sense.
Can you clarify a bit please. I thought decorators caps CLOSED the valve off so there was no risk of them opening? I would have thought just removin...
That's good to know, thanks. I'll definitely be using TRVs as last resort.
Indeed. I've been out most of the day but monitoring. The downstairs living area was 22.4c at 7am but rose to 23.3 by mid-morning. At 14:30 it drop...
@jamespa Thanks James. The temps are crazy upstairs - it's hitting 26c on the landing. I've closed down all upstairs and then cracked it open 0.25 t...
Last night I set the schedule to be 25c 24/7, a temp it can't reach so it is now running continuously. Looking at the sparse data available to me, I ...
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