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@lucia I found the octopus survey to be close to my own results - though I did make a point of calling out things like wall construction & window ...
@derek-m yes absolutely I've been looking both to recent work I've had done (to try and assess labour costs) and also Screwfix/stelrad and others to v...
Whether prices are higher than they should be is certainly something that has crossed my mind. For example as part of a quote I've received I need 8 ...
So another service cut out and meter for you @transparent: Bit of an awkward space to try and get it all in one shot. My EV charger is on my mai...
In my mind the antifreeze valves vs glycol is a "it depends" question. If like me you are in the south east where it rarely gets below freezing and ...
I have a tn-c-s earthing arrangement - is that PME? A brief Google leads me to think it is. I do have an earth wire emerging from the service fuse. ...
@transparent I have a Zappi and I don't have a separate earth stake. My understanding is the Zappi has something called PEN fault detection which mean...
@davesoa Ah yeah that is a bit more complex. Though in my mind it's easy to cater for - calculate the average u-value for the wall and use that. Very ...
@davesoa is that a single run of wall in one room is mixed construction? They can definitely deal with different walls being of different construction...
@davesoa I had my survey - seemed to go OK! The heat loss came out at 7.5kW which is within my "reasonable" estimates (lower than the Heat Geek one I...
@ivanopinion I stumbled across this thread Performance of 9kW Daikin - Hardware / Heatpump - OpenEnergyMonitor Community where at least two people man...
@davesoa your gas usage is similar to mine and I have a 130m2 detached property build in 1979. Insulated cavities, 300mm loft insulation and double gl...
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