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RE: The good, the bad and the not that great – my heat pump installation

Found some more that hasn't been sealed from the elements 😕

1 year ago

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RE: The good, the bad and the not that great – my heat pump installation

@transparent Good shout I do have some insulation I could use as a temporary cover without disturbing the work they have done. Fingers crossed I...

1 year ago

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RE: The good, the bad and the not that great – my heat pump installation

@transparent Currently just spoken to installer, and then MCS who have passed the case onto NAPIT as the installer has said they will take no furth...

1 year ago

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RE: The good, the bad and the not that great – my heat pump installation

@transparent You are correct it's a close up of those two and in the correct orientation as pictured. That pipe on the right is not insulated th...

1 year ago

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RE: The good, the bad and the not that great – my heat pump installation

And you can just about see from this picture that it's not insulated through the wall note the cement around the pipe. I believe this is transferring ...

1 year ago

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RE: The good, the bad and the not that great – my heat pump installation

Completely missed this when I was looking over the external insulation the other day. Not sealed from the elements so probably soaked up a load of ...

1 year ago

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RE: Minimum ASPH outputs?

My Midea r32 6kw(5.7kw rounded up) supposedly runs as low as 25⁰c and regularly seems to pull just 500/600w but that includes the base load of the hou...

1 year ago

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RE: The good, the bad and the not that great – my heat pump installation

Ok buddy will see. The checklist just says Condensate Drainage Suitable: Yes

1 year ago

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RE: The good, the bad and the not that great – my heat pump installation

Another point worth mentioning is the lack of a soak away. They just removed 3 slabs under the unit and put some gravel down unsure this is any goo...

1 year ago

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RE: The good, the bad and the not that great – my heat pump installation

Also regarding noise from the unit itself on the wall bracket yes I expect some noise from it as is the nature of a wall bracket but there seems to be...

1 year ago

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RE: The good, the bad and the not that great – my heat pump installation

@jamespa Ah yeah I have seen this they were left screwed pretty far down so possibly part of the problem. System seems to run a little more effi...

1 year ago

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RE: The good, the bad and the not that great – my heat pump installation

@editor I did call HIES and they said to exhaust all other avenues first.

1 year ago

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