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This is an interesting debate around logic vs what happens with builders. I fell into this topic with no knowledge when doing our house rebuild. It ...
Personally I see merit in what you are suggesting. I can readily envisage a boiler failure and just putting a gas boiler back - cos is quick, cheap a...
@judith thanks Judith. Yes, I have now done that and hence I have just been notified of your post. I guess I expected the system to automatically in...
Thanks to everyone for their responses - which I have only just seen. I had assumed that, as the originator of the topic, I would automatically be em...
We have had our heating off for the last month or so. Solar gain definitely warms us up during the day. The coldest days have resulted in 16C in the...
@editor Thanks Mars. I look forward to the subsequent episodes. Can I assume you will post a notice when those episodes are released?
@andrewj Thanks for pointing out my obvious error - as you say 1kW over 5 days so not much. That said, I still don’t understand why any energy is goin...
@ashp-bobba thanks for the response. For clarity, the outline plan is for the kit to be installed for a family member with relatively few £ involved ...
Your topic raises my interest for a couple of reasons. Why, after only 7 years, has your pump died and needs replaced? I feel sure the reasons are s...
@jamespa thank you - that makes sense.
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