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RE: Could position cause a potential noise nuisance to me?

Cheers - it certainly seems like it ought not to be an issue so that's good.

9 months ago
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RE: Could position cause a potential noise nuisance to me?

@toodles Thanks! In my case, the pipes would run where your soil pipe does and into the loft (our soffits are probably 40-50cm wide) Our bedroom win...

9 months ago
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RE: Vaillant Arotherm ASHP gets noisier when it gets colder outside

I had a Heat Geek engineer around yesterday who was vacillating between a 10kW Vaillant Arotherm Plus and a 7kW, the reason being that the 7kW has a s...

9 months ago
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Could position cause a potential noise nuisance to me?
9 months ago
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RE: R290 install location and future of R32

Just to follow up after my design consultation visit. Apparently for a R290, positions of drains don't matter but doors and windows do. It can go un...

9 months ago
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RE: R290 install location and future of R32

It's quite possibly the case. As an example, Vaillant's Arotherm plus has 0.6kg of R290 in it () If that is suddenly released into the area around th...

10 months ago
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RE: R290 install location and future of R32

Right! Obviously, insisting on clearances for bbq cylinders is impossible to enforce but installations of HP can be. It seems weird that we can have ...

10 months ago
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RE: R290 install location and future of R32

@editor No. I'm getting some quotes later this month so I'm just trying to work out what and where things might go and whether any choice I make in m...

10 months ago
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RE: R290 install location and future of R32

@jamespa I see. Taking that and re-looking at the Vaillant images, the protective zone doesn't rise very far above the unit - no measurement given so...

10 months ago
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RE: R290 install location and future of R32

@sunandair It seems a bit strange that I could have a canister of propane attached to a bbq under my kitchen window but not a heat pump!! Hopefully s...

10 months ago
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RE: R290 install location and future of R32

@jamespa The Vaillant diagrams do have doors and windows below the top level of the heat pump with relevant clearances but nothing in respect to anyth...

10 months ago
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RE: R290 install location and future of R32

@editor Thanks, that would be very useful. My property has windows across all sides so locating a R290 would be problematic depending on rules. An R...

10 months ago
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