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Thanks, patience is something I’m trying to maintain (third winter now and I’ve stock piled some wood lol). Thankfully the architect had fore...
@jamespa agreed, your comments are basically the heat specialists responses to Grants mail. Got to say, wish A) builder listened to me when sai...
missed this sorry. No idea why, builder and installers contacted them and they stood by their factors. I think I saw them on some programme a...
Forgot to say a few pages back, i got them to send me written evidence from Grant for the LLH. Was some conditions Grant wanted to account for due to ...
Thanks, I’ll try and send docs and soreadsheets next week, away currently. the Eskimos in regards to performance were their correction factors, of...
I’m letting them proceed. will look into other aspects once confirmed its working/not working. Eskimos - I suggested as they couldn’t fin...
Treble post apologies. To be clear - myself and specialist have said why not just remove the LLH and the house side pump, keep zones open e...
And to add at all stages the installers have blamed Eskimos for: not performing at Eskimo’s stated specs (when the non Eskimo rad WC room in the zon...
The problem is the downstairs front zone. so for context there’s 3 zones: Zone 1: UFH ground rear 1x 40sqm kitchen/dining 1x small ut...
They’ve selected a 50L buffer tank. Praying this works as at end of my tether with it all (as my last post’s tone indicates apologies). I went bac...
And just when I think great they’re coming next week to give this buffer tank install a go. They smash my confidence yet again. Got a call ...
attached is prelagged in case indicates anything. I’m extremely frustrated with the builder now as he made a throw away comment that had th...
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