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Good exercise. Obviously I have nothing to check it against but its very plausible. Do you have your current fuel consumption as a sense check? At...
When looking at 3-4kW houses its also worth bearing in mind that most manufacturers dont sell anything smaller than 5kW (sometimes they sell a heat pu...
@majordennisbloodnok @tomtheheatingengineer For my money both Heat Geek and Octopus have the advantage of volume. This provides them with real da...
There is scope for product development here. I for one don't want another ODU and another set of pipework around the house, even to just the two or t...
Nought for nought is the very best you can do, as soon as you try to get anything at all you get less because entropy continually increases. This is...
Really flow rate is a pipework limitation not a water pump limitation, you can always fit a pump with a greater head or a supplementary pump, but ther...
There is a thread on openenergymonitor which does suggest that the Vaillant Arotherm plus 7kW in particular doesn't deliver the (typically, depending ...
So sorry to hear that. If there is anything more we can help with please do summarise the remaining issues.
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