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I confess to the same misgivings! My installer fitted one so I have one, but would I fit one again, possibly not, or if I do as you say fit an isolat...
If you get an R290 pump you should be able to heat the tank to 65C which will give you 550l of water at 40C from a 300l tank. You probably don't want...
Lets look at this the other way round. If your loss is 5kW and your heat pump can do 6.5 (absolute worst case with the Vaillant so far as can be told...
Firstly welcome to the forums, I hope you will find us friendly and helpful. And congratulations for being interested in renewables. Hea...
Thats rather easy to understand, although it begs the question whether relocation is an option but Im sure @mars has already considered that! ...
I presume he needs that much!
I reckon the curved pipes may be the flexis, good idea to have them curved not perfectly straight I suspect.
I have one installed when my heat pump was done, connected to the cylinder feed (or it may be the cylinder return). The cylinder is on the first floo...
Some more interesting comments on the state of, and changes in, the industry by SimonD (who is obviously a professional installer) over on the other p...
Depending exactly how the setback was programmed a 12hour setback overnight means a lot of recovery and in particular means that the water will have r...
Its great to hear of your approach and success with the audits. Perhaps one simple step that the industry could take to force out some of the less d...
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