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They have their downsides but boreholes are great in this weather. We're able to continue to water the garden as before. We run one of the vegetable p...
@mk4 Too true, except the noise keeps me awake , and I sleep badly enough as it is !
Generally speaking, we put the curtains over and close the windows where the direct sunlight is - oldest part of the house in the mornings, slightly l...
Thank you, everyone, for your replies. Our FIT provider came back in the past couple of days and said that we can, in principle, replace the 3KW sol...
@david999 The intention is to load shift as much as possible in winter (with an appropriate tariff) and to generate as much as possible in summer (wit...
@jamespa Well, something along the lines of "three buses coming along at once" : Yesterday evening I approached two companies who are "emerging" on th...
@jamespa - Thanks ever so much - your patience and help has been much appreciated. As a now retired engineer, I hate to have to accept blind faith n...
@jamespa thanks - that clears up my question on where the numbers come from - although I would be interested to understand why it may be acceptable to...
@jamespa - taking into account the usage of the wood burners and the energy profile that they chuck out over an evening, the divide by 2900 figure giv...
@jamespa No problem, that you are willing to discuss far outweighs any crossing of information through the web! I'm sorry, a moment of old age stupi...
@jamespa I used an ACH of 0.5 in most rooms aside from two (both of which have wood burners) where I used 3.5 - I went with what was suggested in HPun...
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RE: Heat Geek mini store vs pump size
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?
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RE: HeatGeek vs Octopus surveys: puzzling disparity - any ideas why?
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