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@transparent As it was a retrofit, changing 10 mm microbore to bigger pipes was out of question. Changing pipework for a three storey house would have...
Thanks @judith. Definitely, the upstairs bedrooms get a lot warmer, they are all exceeding 22 degrees and staying at that temperature steadily. I have...
Thanks @jamespa for the pointers. There are TRVs on all the rads, but they all are fully open. We have 10 mm microbore to the radiators. Let me check ...
We even got to see a defrost cycle! Mrs was wondering over breakfast what's that smoke coming out of the heat pump, and she was worried something was ...
Aira managed to send an engineer at 5:30 pm today and it took a while, but thank Higgs Boson, we have heat! It was up and stunning around 8:30 pm star...
Thanks @andrewj. Hope my bad experience didn't put you off. Others in the forum have had good experiences, so maybe mine is just an odd one out. I ...
Day nine gone, the heat pump is still not commissioned. There's a sensor problem and there's no electrician onsite to help the lead engineer. Now, the...
@andrewj Well, not everyone. My experience would probably be the one anti heat pump brigade would be keen to highlight. The product is great, the inst...
Credit where it's due. Aira cranked up the pace today. Many engineers turned up on site. The boiler's gone and capped off, the electrical work is all ...
More progress finally, few of the radiator changes are done. Hot water cylinder has gone in and working on the immersion heater. Looks like a good chu...
Thanks all, I am a bit more reassured now. Maybe, all those videos of an army of engineers might be for complex installations. Our gas boiler hasn't c...
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