Last seen: Jul 13, 2025
@toodles Happy to 🙂
@heacol @ecobaker In the middle of renovating an old stone cottage and both my wife and I like it hot inside so higher than desirable flow tempera...
@nicholab My brother in law is having a heat geek install tomorrow, I will be able to give a first hand opinion after its done. One point in their fav...
@heacol @ecobaker That isnt correct about the PWM Brendon. Here is my Samsung adjusting flow rate below 45C.
Hi I have a Samsung Gen6 (5kW) running without a LLH or buffer etc. I basically followed Glyn Hudson's tutorial on Youtube. It works fine for me. I ...
Nice video Tom. Well explained 😁
There is a good video explaining the pipe sizing issue here
I think the 22mm plastic pipe might be a bit small for 8kw. 22mm copper is considered ok for 5kW I think. This link gives more detail.br />
@niholab could you post one of the quotes and your yearly oil use too please.
If you used the wall mounted option, it would improve air flow as there is no fence that high. You still have the problem of the 1m rule for planning ...
Maybe consider a first floor wall mounted design. Check out Glyn Hudson’s self install on YouTube which looks like a similar position.
@tomasmcguinness "at -5 a 40 degree flow (dT of about 6) was enough to keep the house at about 20" Sounds like a perfect candidate then 🙂
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