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JamesPa
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RE: My horrific Samsung heat pump installation and experience

Ok that's good. So you could: Switch the volumiser out of circuit using the valve you mentioned earlier. Take the heads only off about h...

2 years ago
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RE: My horrific Samsung heat pump installation and experience

Sorry I don't know definitively the answer to that question. Having said that I think its much, much more likely that the 'black ink' and 'iron part...

2 years ago
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RE: My horrific Samsung heat pump installation and experience

No, pipe flushing is not part of the annual service. So far as I know the annual uvc cylinder 'service' is just an inspection and partial test of th...

2 years ago
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RE: ASHP decision: Should I or shouldn't I?

Defo give Octopus a go but they might not touch your house at present if it doesn't fit their 'model'. I think they are trying to perfect some process...

2 years ago
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RE: ASHP decision: Should I or shouldn't I?

I can say with absolute confidence that you are correct. The house must lose more energy and thus must be supplied with more energy if it is hotter. ...

2 years ago
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RE: ASHP decision: Should I or shouldn't I?

That would be a reasonable and morally justifiable strategy but, based on my own experience and that of others here and elsewhere, they are in fact do...

2 years ago
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RE: Very noisy Daikin Altherma

The Lt Daikin is one of the louder models (not sure from your post if you have the Lt or HT, the HT is supposedly one of the quieter models). Having ...

2 years ago
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RE: ASHP decision: Should I or shouldn't I?

@cookie19 My pump, replacing an ageing but still serviceable gas boiler, is due to be installed w/c Oct 16th after a journey of about 2 years. With ...

2 years ago
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RE: My horrific Samsung heat pump installation and experience

assuming it's a unvented cylinder the requirement for an annual service is pretty much ubiquitous whatever the heat source. Any half decent plumber sh...

2 years ago
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RE: My horrific Samsung heat pump installation and experience

It's not the heat pump, it's the plumbing of the system that is poor. Assuming a 5kW heat pump is sufficient for your house, you appear to have all ...

2 years ago
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RE: My horrific Samsung heat pump installation and experience

I would agree that this is absolutely the best way, however OP seems to be reluctant to replumb anything, hence my suggested sequence above which come...

2 years ago
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RE: My horrific Samsung heat pump installation and experience

A couple more thoughts. Instead of using the lockshields to balance the rads in the rooms where you have removed the TRVs, you could use the 'caps' ...

2 years ago
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