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Crudely dividing by somewhere between 2000 and 2900 gives an estimate dependant on assumptions/who you believe. My total gas consumption for a 7kW ho...
11kW does sound way over in that case! As you say it will be interesting to see what others come up with, maybe try to get a copy of the calculations...
Is 116 sqm both floors, or just the footprint? If the former then 11kW sounds possibly a bit high to me. Your conservatory may be dominating however...
Hi I have just posted the below in response to your intro text. ------------- In terms of getting quotes, be prepared to get a fair few to find ...
Welcome to the forum. If you are new to ASHPs I suggest you read the introduction here. @editor also publishes a couple of books guiding you thro...
I agree with @mars. My install was not dissimilar. I got a 7kW Vaillant, 200l cylinder and 4 rads (including one fancoil) for 12.5K les grant. Im...
Thats probably fair enough. The degree-days calculation (on which quite a few heating formula are based) uses the formula sum (max (Tbase-OAT ,0)) ...
Thats a slightly awkward number because, by the time you add an allowance for heating DHW, it will push you towards a 10kW machine rather than 7-8, wh...
All sounds sensible to me and to be clear, the idea of swapping to a ASHP at the same time as fixing the distribution is sound IMHO, if you are going ...
There are enough red flags in this to be concerning. I am going to keep this short, there is quite a lot to say/ask about what you have told us but I...
My installer wasn't at all keen on this option, and we had alternative location. That said Heat geek once did an experiment where they virtually surr...
I don't know I checked the data resolution and its hourly. However I think this is in fact an hourly sample (by home assistant - which limits i...
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