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RE: Finding water leaks

@ronin92, we have a vented hot water cylinder, but no clue if there are any level controlling float valves. Just to give you an idea, we watched TV ...

2 years ago
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DIY
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RE: Finding water leaks

Data collection has been semi successful today. One weird thing is that there isn’t a consistent water loss… at times it worse than others. But there’...

2 years ago
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RE: Smart metre installation – seamless or a potential nightmare?

Is there just one type and make of smart meter or do different providers/installers use different brands/sizes?

2 years ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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Smart meter installation – seamless or a potential nightmare?
2 years ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: Finding water leaks

@derek-m, good plan. I’ll do that today and use the bath as the large test vessel tonight.

2 years ago
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RE: Finding water leaks

@soniks, yes, there’s a possibility the meter is broken. Not sure how they’d test it, but worth raising I can’t find a leak source.

2 years ago
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RE: Finding water leaks

An interesting way to look at it. I’m going to seal off some taps tomorrow and see where that takes us.

2 years ago
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RE: Some big changes are coming to heat pump installation training

OFTEC officially joins the world of heat pump training:/p> Looks like the training is MCS based.

2 years ago
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Safety, Regulations, Tools, Plumbing & DIY Installations
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RE: Heating engineer costs

@mike-patrick, on a semi-related note, we called around yesterday looking for a tradesman to undertake a smallish project. One of the guy’s responses ...

2 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Finding water leaks

@soniks, the leak size is a guesstimate on what I’ve “measured” our consumption be versus what the metre is saying. It’s crazy we can’t see evidence o...

2 years ago
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RE: Heating engineer costs

@mike-patrick, I would deem that very expensive indeed. We're in mid-Wales and most plumbers around us charge £25-£50 per hour. It may vary from area...

2 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Air source heat pump with ground air pre heat

@oxo2oxo, have you considered drilling a borehole if you're wanting to invest in a ground source heat pump? You don't need much space at all for the b...

2 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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