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We kept ours and Heat Geek would have been in touch if the BUS for the install that they did a couple of months back had any glitches.
Hope you are hearing from a good source? Call me old fashioned, I prefer written analysis..
The Heat geek contract had various get-out clauses with generic wording unlike most building contracts (which is what I mostly see an ASHP install as)...
It seems a quite comprehensive breakdown. I will try to build on it MCS overheads - maintain the certification, create all the paperwork. Sur...
@l8again Mine is typically using 11w including the interface, so 7.92kw for a month. At my rate, costs about 30p.
@jamespa Absolutely. Even if the same mistake was made with the boiler, this is no excuse for the heatpump installer. I just told them that I do not...
Our boiler came with the house.. We found all sorts of issues (like the internal thermostat was in the boiler cabinet!!) and when we tried to reach th...
yes, it would have been easy to place it in permanent shade. Hopefully our installers were not swayed by us suggesting it would just go where the prev...
@transparent I just meant why do they not just have something similar to a shield as part of the casing. But the design would also include selectin...
Yes, our system is wired, so the OAT sensor and the internal thermostat do not have battery points of failure 😉 . We could wait for the instal...
Good suggestion. I did think about that when I had the Vaillant boiler. The new anthracite Arotherms use modbus between pump and heatpump interface bo...
That’s what we will potentially do. But i did have a close look this morning and @bobflux is right, the wall is not completely north facing and the mo...
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