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@iancalderbank thanks very much for this. this is the 5-6pm cycle which I’ve been considering just dropping completely leaving us with just two cycl...
Yeah I think plumber's blinkers are on. I'm glad finally some movement into giving what you're saying a try though. If he's here Friday (suspect Mon...
Thanks @iancalderbank - I'll pass this on.I've not seen them / or have them mention the primary flow rate (they seem to just do whatever Grant sugges...
Forgot to add - the pipework is setup so they can easily isolate before the LLH. I asked how long would it take to replace that and he said not long....
Thanks @iancalderbank - I'll keep pressing them. They seem very much blind to it being a problem. I'll press them to swap to another one, and repo...
Plumber has suggested they look at the LLH itself to rule that out before looking elsewhere. Basically a bit of trial and error. Running pump at di...
One of the plumbers here atm who’s trying to follow grants suggestions of trying different speeds on ASHP. Not seeing any change. mentioned I’ve bee...
Thanks @iancalderbank - and just for my own learnings - primary side, that refer to essentially what's in the house side v the ASHP side?
For got to at you in last post – @iancalderbank Thanks ever so much for your help on this. Will see what this other plumber says, who they're sendi...
I've sent this all on - apparently Grant have suggested (not sure if before all this or based just on the temp reading photos earlier) - that the inte...
Thanks @iancalderbank - I'll pass this on!
On this, a few pages back (apologies I'm doing this when I can around work and losing track now we're in the 7 page mark) - someone mentioned check th...
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