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@alan22 So given you have a 100mm kingspan envelope to the building, just using the very simplest estimator from heat geek. I would imagine you wo...
@heacol I find that faintly patronising Brendon when you have no idea what my scop is.
@alan22 Good experimental skills Alan 😆 What is the floor area of the barn?
@iancalderbank very true Ian, that may be the reason but I take it you dont use the strategy either?
@toodles Well I think the mode of operation is just the same, its just the frequency that is different. It makes sense to heat your water at night if ...
@editor @toodles @deano @iancalderbank @derek-m @kev-m So we had the meeting today with an Andrew Lloyd and whilst we didnt agree on everything it w...
@djh apologies it was late and I didn’t really consider your question. It might be down to the effect of the wall covering. Using a U value calculator...
@jaket @gary I concur. Well done. Once you have stopped it cycling you can set about rebalancing the rads to get your individual room temperatures rig...
@alan22 If you dont feel comfortable having a go Alan, then by all means get someone to do it for you. For a ball park heat loss calculation you could...
@alan22 plastering! Easy? Now you have put me right off 😂
@djh if I remember rightly it’s to do with U and R values being reciprocal. Read this to get the idea
@alan22 Just what I was thinking. I should get 100mm of kingspan over most of it and 50mm at the studs. Thanks
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