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@iancalderbank I think you have pretty much nailed it. As you say many of these either are not true or don't need to be true, but I think the public ...
@derek-m I had the same cynical thought. As it happens my comments would have related to regulation, installation industry and engineering challenges...
I volunteered (I heard about this via another route). They were initially going to include me but this morning cancelled. Because I have (more or le...
@iancalderbank "But, if the householder has previously upgraded a bunch of radiators, and just so happens to have been forward looking enough to make ...
@iancalderbank I agree. Just bear in mind that the BUS requires MCS and MCS requires that the whole system has been designed and installed under the...
@davesoa all very fair, I'm not questioning your plumber, just being cautious. Just one warning about the UVC. Heat pump cylinders have much larger...
@transparent By the time the outcome of 'engagement with community groups' has been summarised and diluted by well meaning civil servants many of whic...
@davesoa Sorry to hear that experience. Although it's undoubtedly useful I tend to treat with a healthy scepticism criticisms by one tradesman of the...
@transparent Sadly I don't think there is much point in briefing my MP who is so useless that she has been deselected by her local party executive. I...
@bontwoody fair comment. It all a bit sneaky by mcs to be honest. The pd rules permit a hp provided it meets 'the mcs planning conditions' (or equiv...
@iancalderbank @bontwoody Thanks for the comments , tips and links which I will certainly follow. As you say it's no coincidence we end up in similar...
@transparent I am near Stansted. I have some sympathy for the manufacturers with the complexity of their interfaces. They are trying to make it poss...
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