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yes and I think many others would too (I have considered it and my LPA have, off the record, suggested I could probably get away with it). But ...
@chickenbig As you say the PD rules say that 'Development is not permitted by Class G unless the air source heat pump complies with the MCS Planning S...
"for me the key bit that is not obvious to me is who are the umbrella organisation providing training and support to make sure these installs are don...
As above I think this is a good list I would add Permitted development rules modified so that the noise condition set out in MCS-020 applies...
PS, I started this because I am interested in understanding potential, not for me (I've pretty much worked that out), but more generally. My current...
Can I cross-post your proposal (with credit or without as you prefer) to buildhub. There are some reactionaries on there who seem to criticise everyt...
@iancalderbank I agree its a risk, but as you say it happens already. So I currently face paying a large amount of money to an (often fly by night) '...
@bontwoody Yes true. Having said that I would personally prefer to have (or at least trend towards) solutions that don't rely on government subsidies....
@bontwoody 1. I have yet to find a manufacturer that quotes SCOP at 65C. What I did was create a model based on published cop at various flow ...
There is an edit button (see picture). It disappears once someone else comments though
@iancalderbank @editor It would be interesting to take @iancalderbanks list and use it to devise a considered answer to the question If you were 'in c...
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