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Good to hear you have some progress. Is it mounted on rubber feet? Also looks quite close to that wall - thought 30cm was a minimum but I might be wro...
@tallmarc Many would be shocked as it has indeed been touted as a myth. And it is crushing to have a neighbour mention it as an issue (many would be p...
Not quite sure the replies (except for a very earlier one) really address the serious issue of noise. What are the culprits? I suppose it could be:...
I still struggle to understand this re: Samsungs:
@transparent Just reflecting again on the rubber feet in your earlier post and the mountings on this bracket. They are so different in terms of anti-v...
A couple of questions: 1. Are you in a bungalow? 2. Are you sure the noise is from the ceiling and not from the outside unit vibrating and its mou...
@lucia I can't agree with that conclusion. Why can't a brand or model-based conclusion be made if the evidence stacks up? If there is an issue more pr...
@editor Yes. I would think it would be valuable for someone to have a serious look at this "is it Samsungs?" question. Could be potentially that they ...
Just as a side note, I can see Visit a Heat Pump now has the numbers of brands on the site which is very helpful (on the right hand side of any search...
@judith Thanks Judith. Yes, as well as Samsungs (Gen 6's) featuring more in noise issues than others, and not something folk want to seem to show o...
@judith Samsung - thinking back on my post about the research I did on the "Visit a Heat Pump" site, comparing Mars's pretty reasonable estimate of th...
@editor @kenbone Thanks, I would be very interested to hear if you have any thoughts on the Gen 6 noise levels and qualities please Ken or whether ...
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