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I applied for planning consent at a time in my journey when I was despairing of finding an MCS contractor to do the job. The LPA demanded, and is sti...
@declan90 Physical size, appearance, noise spec and output, plus finding a contractor who would do the install at a sensible price, were, in the end, ...
You need the detailed data book to get COP and max output at various flow temps and OATs and this is often quite comprehensive. Most manufactur...
What is your calculated house heat loss? If its low, then it would be very likely that the pump was sized for DHW not space heating. In this circum...
@transparent If you buy your energy from octopus you can also retrieve the Smart meter readings from their website. Its quite interesting to browse a...
I am about to order a Vaillant but Mitsubishi Ecodan was on my short list and I would have been equally confident if that had been the best match. Th...
On rereading the charts with a sensible size screen (originally I was reading on a mobile - I did say it was a 'quick look') then I would say that you...
Contrary to what I said earlier I do agree that mixing valves are likely necessary because of the radiators. If there werent radiators then they woul...
Your pessimism may well be justified, but you seem to want to do something. So your recourse potentially is to The builder The Installer NHBC i...
@tobydeh based on the info provided I cant see any reason to suppose that its anything other than largely correct and also every reason to suppose tha...
@tobydeh Do you have your meter readings for the same period? Also is there a pie chart for delivered energy similar to the one for consumed? Also ...
OMG Pulse modulation thermostats attempt to switch heat sources on/off in a 'clever' fashion to reduce temperature swings. It's debatable whether t...
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