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Last seen: Aug 23, 2026
@ian-s Unless your aim is backup as opposed to tariff optimisation it might be worth doing the math. All indications are that your house loss is 5...
I strongly suspect that it's industry lobbying which drives the bureaucrats to mandate annual maintenance and the like. Great money for not a lot of ...
An engineer friend of mine runs a boiler with WC. Because the plumber didn't fit the boiler's internal diverter valve, he had to implement a circuit ...
@editor I agree wholeheartedly with your last post. Of course treating the installation as the product protects the installer and much of the regulat...
For a year I did the closest my boiler would permit. I ran 24*7 at it's lowest fixed ft of 50C (the boiler has an add on WC module, but I didn't poss...
@ian-s Thank you for responding, at this point we all to frequently are ghosted. Fwiw my own heat pump journey took 2 years. Mostly this was due...
@ian-s I am not sure by what logic you have reached your conclusion. Just in case there is any ambiguity 'flow temperature' will mean design flow ...
OK, fair enough then. I calculated loss based on 24 hour average temperature and gas consumption (actually 12 hours offset because it was a better ...
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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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@tomtheheatingengineer, thank you, and welcome to the f...
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RE: HeatGeek vs Octopus surveys: puzzling disparity - any ideas why?
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RE: Do I add Air Con or MVHR to existing A2W ASHP?
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RE: Is the "divide by 2900" rule still valid?
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RE: The good, the bad and the not that great – my heat pump installation
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RE: Starting Our Heat Pump Journey: 1962 build 3 bed detached house
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RE: Is it the house or the equipment?
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