Last seen: Jul 13, 2025
Thanks for all the information everyone. Very useful and I will pass it on 😁
@derek-m I will post again in a few days after experimenting 🙂
@derek-m Thanks again. I seem to be on the cusp of the flow temperature that initiates the cycling at these outside temperature so as you say its prob...
@derek-m Thanks Derek, I appreciate that raising the flow temperature (via the WC curve) will reduce the cycling, but at the expense of reducing the C...
@jancold The service charges are in my opinion extortionate. Most of the tasks are simple enough that a competent DIYer can do them. Even easier if y...
@editor My understanding of the situation you are describing Mars would be that the poorly designed system with the buffer tank would have flow and ...
To use the installers analogy of subsiding foundations, if I had bought a 4 year old house and it was starting to subside, I would expect the original...
@lucia The heat geek cheatsheet on the article only requires rudimental maths and will give you an idea. Using previous energy usage is very advant...
@lucia I would try and ascertain your own heat loss figure before they do, to get a good comparison to ensure you dont get lumbered with an oversize...
@judith Its a good argument for separating the heating and DHW SCOPs when comparing systems 🤔
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