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@judith - good points and useful links. I suspect solid stone walls, which I also have, will often be something of an unknown, because they can be ver...
Welcome to the wonderful world of heat loss calculations! Looking at your heat loss calculator worksheet, the living room and kitchen both have very...
Thank heavens for the facilitating of small mercies. At least he didn't 'reach out' to let you know, though if he had, he might have 'reac'd out'. The...
I think you need a bit more than vague assertions followed by spurious decimal places! I also get worried when I see a turn of phrase like "At this ti...
You are very kind, thank you!
Takeaways? Can I suggest: 1. The big players are best suited to off the peg installs into unchallenging settings. This relies on the big players bei...
@derek-m, you beat me to it - I had just written something very similar (but not the same, I separate all the design from the installation): Another...
@damon - as I said right at the start of my last post, "This is a difficult one, and I don't know the answer." But I think it is an important question...
This is a difficult one, and I don't know the answer. Some thoughts: Arguments for and against 'free' surveys: they allow a customer to get more quo...
Looks like it is currently £7.5K for an ASHP (but not as part of a hybrid system), see here. There will probably be other conditions that apply. Giv...
That might provide a way to move on. I doubt your installation will be an off the peg one, you will need an experienced installer (blame me for saying...
@showi - it looks like a fascinating building, but equally from what I can see in the photo it will be hard (but not impossible) to estimate heat loss...
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