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@majordennisbloodnok Sounds like a poor install unfortunately. The ducted systems are often even better than wall mounts as virtually silent and nothi...
@editor While I understand that point, its often where they are sited, the units capacity and how they are operated. Panasonic for instance has a Quie...
@heat-pump-newbie Yes you need F Gas engineers like us if a split or monoblock system. Otherwise they just service the heating side of things.
@morgan They may be good but cannot service the heat pump as they don't appear to be F Gas reg, therefore cannot leak check and limited to what they k...
@old_scientist Probably okay if they are servicing the heat pump too, often they just service the heating system indoors as not F Gas qualified. We ch...
Ive called most of them over the years. By far the best seems to be Panasonic, very helpful, calls back if needed and parts required next day delivery...
@jamespa I've tried to find the email but deleted it which means the attachment goes It was quite detailed and did state things that are not quite ac...
@jamespa Thanks for all that info. The part a customer recently sent over about was regarding Part G and it does state must be installed by a reg inst...
@davidalgarve They don't need any special proceedure is what I was saying, just need recovering to a bottle.
@davidalgarve It should just be recovered by both service ports into the recovery cylinder, simple procedure. Maybe try another refrigeration company....
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