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I would support that sentiment. One conventional way as I mentioned earlier is sensors at one third and two thirds up the vessel. However buffer...
Do they? That's not what I observe from the several manuals I have read (albeit in some cases fairly quickly, I admit) over the past 2 years. I wond...
It does sound like the house has a large thermal lag. Bear in mind that the thermal lag of the house can be long even if the radiators can cool quick...
Apologies, I thought you were complaining about the comparison between the two months. My figures on the temperature differences were for Birmingham ...
If only others took the same approach we would see far, far fewer posts on this forum (and others) complaining about poor performance, and indeed far ...
100% agreed, I am a firm believer in the liberal use of occams razor!. I was just saying it (balancing a buffer) can be done, although it seems, judg...
... particularly if you have TRVs and zone valves randomly switching on and off, which may well have been part of the 'justification' for the buffer t...
1022kWh here, 200sq m detached 1930s property with piecemeal fabric improvements, loss ~7kW @-2. Figure is from the (Vaillant) heat pump itself not i...
You don't say where you are, but I checked the climate for January in central England Jan 2024 vs Jan 2025. Jan 2025 was significantly (16%) colder...
designer is talking rubbish. See page 14 of this document It sounds like its moving in the right direction. TRVs may not have the same effect ...
Just use antifreeze valves instead of glycol, then there cant be an issue.
MCS spec for bedrooms is actually 18C. Its quite difficult for an installer to balance radiators properly because it takes a long time. If you post...
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