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@davidalgarve 🤣 🤣 🤣 Save the confusion and just take it out. In this case, amputation is best.
@jamespa You are correct. Not much of what I say, is mentioned elseware. I follow facts and evidence, not the herd 😊 If the system was entir...
@jamespa Just to start, I want to say, I have never installed a buffer, low loss header, or volumize on any system and I have installed nearly 1000 he...
Hi @nickhorne For your, and others benifit, I will reproduce part of some training I have written, It explauns quite clearly what is happening within ...
@jamespa I would have thought you can get a pretty good idea from vintage and flow temperature, almost certainly good enough to act as a sense check f...
I am talking about the 900+ installations I personally have done over the last 15 years, not a single one cold and all with SCOP's between 4 and 5. I ...
@jamespa There are many theories that may or may not help with heat loss, however, in reality, in a new build property, it is irrelevant as 80-85% of ...
@majordennisbloodnok Everything we do is about assumptions, we do not have x-ray eyes that will expose the failures of the building industry, so accur...
🤣 🤣 I have only put in over 900 heat pumps, so what do I know 😊
@Jancold Your kitchen would not have been cold, 18 degrees C is the temperature kitchens should be designed to because there are significant amounts...
@jamespa I agree wholehatedly.
@jamespa I agree with nearly everything you have said. However, today heating systems are critically undercharged for if you take inflation in to acco...
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