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@tomaszw Thanks for the detailed description, a horror story indeed. I'm very sorry to hear about the experience which does not appear to be unique...
The cost/efficiency wont be apparent until it gets colder. You should demand a system diagram and also ask whether weather compensation has been set...
Sadly situation normal for much if the building industry, at least by my experience, nothing special about heat pumps! Fortunately you are relatively...
Well in truth boilers should also be installed with weather compensation and operated at a low flow temperature, but our heating industry has been get...
Heat pumps should be operated with weather compensation otherwise you will spend 15-20% more than you need to. It looks like this might have been set...
On the grounds that an installation other than by an MCS contractor doesn't qualify for the BUS grant and isn't permitted development then its clearly...
Ps to the above. The requirements on the heat pump, for the grant, are specified here. The relevant ones are, I think, the below. Ther...
Hi Jonathan The Vaillant report you posted and as I read it says you have a radiator in the kitchen, and also says you are running at a flow temp of...
That's all very neat! If the 2*15 run in a straight line to the room next door to the right of the photo, and then the microbore tees off to the firs...
The problem is you need to know what the existing pipework is, which by the sounds of it you cant without taking up some floorboards. Then the questi...
Unfortunately MCS is funded and run by the industry. He who pays the piper and all that. My overwhelming impression, sadly, is that their guiding p...
@jonathan Obviously this should be resolved for you by your supplier. However if it isn't for some reason it isn't, I wouldn't be too despondent. ...
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