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@benson Optimus didn't turn up?
@gt22 Welcome to the forums! Here are my thoughts on your questions: Red Flag 1: Design Flow Temperature – When your system runs at a 35°C flow temp...
We're looking for a homeowner for our next Homeowners’ Q&A podcast episode on Friday, October 4th at 10:30am. The topic for this episode is Unders...
@benson I’ve come across ASHPs mounted on walls before. Our neighbour has a large unit attached to the side of their house, but I’ve only seen this do...
We’ve got a 16kW unit as well, and we’re seeing similar results to yours at around 5.5kWh for hot water at the moment.
@transparent agreed. I've raised with the developers to see it they can speed it up.
I looked into it today. There's no hammer and nail emoji, not on my collection anyway. So I've added one to today that's "Bang on" which kind of delve...
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@benson it’s unusual not to have a solid base under the heat pump. Typically, a concrete base or concrete slabs are used, so I’d definitely question t...
@lickofpaint we also discussed it on our next podcast episode (recorded yesterday), which will be out on Wednesday next week.
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