Last seen: Jan 8, 2025
Were the installers MCS-registered and did they provide a room-by-room analysis of heat requirement, radiator output at given flow temperature, overal...
@mjr Yes, I read something similar. Basically if you can find out what burner nozzle is fitted and what the pump pressure is set to and when the burne...
@derek-m I don’t really know at this point without doing some experiments. I mean to get myself some openenergymonitor gear, so I could just set the t...
One thought: I’ll be doing a bathroom refurb before I move in that involves moving a radiator, so the heating system will be completely drained down. ...
@derek-m The house I am buying has oil heating with a 20 year old non-condensing boiler, but I plan to do nothing to the system for 1 winter while I s...
@derek-m Just to save the energy needed to raise the HW temp to 60deg when 50deg is sufficient normally.
Hi @derek-m I wasn’t necessarily thinking about an ASHP system, or a situation with PV, just how a boiler-based heating system could be made more e...
This is the nearest cheap solution I've seen:although it uses the immersion heater to do the boost heat to 60deg. Just means the normal tank stat ca...
@derek-m Thanks, that was very much my plan - make the place as energy efficient as practical and then work out what heat input the house really needs...
This buffer tank question is an interesting one. I read an old paper on this subject (dated 2013 I think) that said that provided the circulating volu...
@editor Yes, the rads jump from 100mm thick to 160mm for a triple-panel, but that’s not that bad in the scheme of things. I can’t really do much unt...
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