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I can say with absolute confidence that you are correct. The house must lose more energy and thus must be supplied with more energy if it is hotter. ...
That would be a reasonable and morally justifiable strategy but, based on my own experience and that of others here and elsewhere, they are in fact do...
The Lt Daikin is one of the louder models (not sure from your post if you have the Lt or HT, the HT is supposedly one of the quieter models). Having ...
@cookie19 My pump, replacing an ageing but still serviceable gas boiler, is due to be installed w/c Oct 16th after a journey of about 2 years. With ...
assuming it's a unvented cylinder the requirement for an annual service is pretty much ubiquitous whatever the heat source. Any half decent plumber sh...
It's not the heat pump, it's the plumbing of the system that is poor. Assuming a 5kW heat pump is sufficient for your house, you appear to have all ...
I would agree that this is absolutely the best way, however OP seems to be reluctant to replumb anything, hence my suggested sequence above which come...
A couple more thoughts. Instead of using the lockshields to balance the rads in the rooms where you have removed the TRVs, you could use the 'caps' ...
I think you said you can switch the volumiser out. So here, at helicopter level, is an outline suggestion. Switch out the volumiser Take off...
For what its worth I use libre office draw for almost everything. Once you get used to it it cant do most things I need. I use it on windows but of ...
I seriously hope you don't mean what you say in the first sentence. If you do, no wonder the system doesn't work. Samsung is right, plumb it two pi...
Good work. I think if this were my system then I would take the following approach to the heat exchanger and buffer: Heat exchanger: First a...
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