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Thanks for posting the revised estimate, it is also a useful reminder of the need to check and re-check everything, and then check again. The previous...
@paul1098 — rather than using an on site timer, which I think is what you now do, and needs foreknowledge of when you will return, I was thinking of t...
I think @jamespa may be onto something here when he says an a2w heat pump may not be the best choice. Because they run 'low and slow' they take ages t...
It's a bête noire of mine, the widespread modern use of the word. I certainly wasn't having a go at you. When I was still in shorts, models were thing...
Whenever I see the word modelled I am reminded of the triumph of spreadsheets over common sense. Modelling in this context is no more or less than wha...
@paul1098 — as we are getting down to the nitty gritty, now is probably a good time to start your own thread, as @editor suggested. There are as you s...
I think the sensible route is to do what you sensibly and sensitively can. External insulation is out of the question for aesthetic reasons, and inter...
@paul1098 — I like many others have an old listed grade II stone cottage in a national park and I had a heat pump installed in early 2022. Getting pla...
This just might need a rebuttal (possibly marginally more civilised that a rebuff) of its own. Though the original source is not clear, the idea has b...
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