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£880 last year for dhw+heating our place - that'll be £2400 now that we're having two price cap increases. Hoping to get the ASHP in before winter com...
Amazon just delivered, some good content, but the typesetting and layout needs a bit of work if there's a second revision planned.
Always go with the manufacturers controls/stats (if you must have a stat - ideally you don't need one)
Purchased.... although from Amazon as I've been rushing around like a lunatic all weekend and Amazon was a couple of finger clicks and I pay for Prime...
Homely is a smart thermostat that is specifically designed for ASHP use. It provides full, advanced, weather comp and scheduling from a smart phone ap...
The design is more important than the unit, unless you want to take advantage of the manufacturers specific controls as opposed to a simple on/off sta...
Take the buffer out, split the two systems into upstairs and downstairs. Set the weather comp curves for the upstairs rads to suit, and the same for t...
Who was your system designer, just so I know who to avoid 🙂 That ufh manifold needs a mixer, I genuinely don’t get why these installers think o...
I went to talk installation specifics with Cool Energy (a brand I can afford), and to look at/prod as many controllers as possible to assess the HMI f...
Everyone was there (except Freedom/Midea). Mitsubishi had their own booth, Unitherm had a multi-brand booth showing Samsung and LG units. Grant were t...
Sorry, not quite sure what you mean by this question? Is it relating to where the funds come from to operate the MCS scheme?
@derek-m Because they don't actually understand the science behind how these things work and try and set them up like a boiler. They expect the manufa...
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