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@jamespa Hi, No major issues just learning to live with it I guess. Not sure how to answer the weather comp question Hot water temp is fine...
Forum Handle:@DowallyDrifter Manufacturer: Samsung Model: AE160CXYDEK (MCS: EHS R290 16KW) Type: ASHP Arrangement: MONO Area of Country: PER...
@abernyte thanks tbh I was more thinking about bolstering the insulation within the timber frame which would entail removal of plasterboard etc. and ...
@bontwoody results from the simple calculator point toward 16.5kW heat pump plugging in U values from original docs. walls 0.45, roof 0.24, windows...
@jamespa oil varies 2500-4000 litres a year for boiler and aga, ca. 4 cu.m wood p.a. Original design for UFH showed outside walls with K=0.45 W/sq.m/K...
@editor thanks!
@bontwoody Thanks. Oil figures available but can't isolate aga from the dead boiler usage unfortunately.
@bontwoody Thanks - will have a go at the calcs as I've the data that they used. I've asked about buffer today and waiting on a reply.
Hi, We have TWO potential ASHP property projects: one at our Perthshire 5 bed, timber frame 270sq.m house, UFH throughout with a dead oil boiler (10...
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