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Unless your current heating is resistance electric (or possibly oil once electricity prices come back down) there is no financial incentive so far as ...
4bed 1930s solid wall with later extensions to a better standard, fairly high performance double glazing and partial internal wall insulation. Two in...
Thanks, useful info, adds to my confidence in aiming for the 11.2kW Mitsubishi. Agreed. For me, based on frequent observations of my smart m...
Sorry for misinterpreting your post, that was not my intent. Nevertheless it is fact (whether or not you intended to imply otherwise) that planning...
Thanks and noted On another forum it has been stated, by someone who appears to know their stuff, that Samsung achieves high modulation ratio by an ...
Indeed, I hope Peter will help Ive tried all the local MCS bods. Not as regards system design, that's building regs No it's not ...
I don't think MCS actually specifies a heat loss calculation must be done, albeit that they do provide a spreadsheet. So perhaps he convinced them hi...
I'm not sure what you are trying to say. Planning doesn't care about the system design, only the effect on others (ie the public good) In the case o...
@fazel Zero chance your entirely sensible suggestion will work. By now most will have fitted a a gas boiler, indeed I would if my existing one had f...
@derek-m thanks for the suggestion. I'm actually quite confident about sizing of my own installation, having taken lots of measurements. My personal...
They haven't told me that they would enforce, but they have told me that, if I go ahead without permission, they cant guarantee not to enforce. Her...
Not necessarily, I said 'sanity check' I didn't say size. In my view, given the vital importance of the information and the potential get it wrong, b...
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