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Absolutely agree. The practical issue I suspect is that that Rauthermax stuff is very expensive and also has a min bend radius of about 1m - horrid t...
Indeed, the only people that might answer that are departed civil servants who will recall what instructions they were given, but they will also be pa...
Lets step back. Why do you need/want 2 zones? The heat pump, just like a boiler, can only supply water at a single flow temperature at any one time ...
Yes, typically as close to the heat pump as possible. If there aren't already isolation valves, now is a good time to fit them! I have a pair which ...
The real question is, was there ever a committed intent to regulate properly or was the assumption that the free market would sort it out. Put simply...
The thing labelled flow sensor is the heat exchanger, the pancake shape is the give away. Discharge from a/f valves should never or rarely happen, s...
Difficult to comment further without being there. If you can tighten up things that are leaking its worth a try (a weep-leak on my DHW system devel...
And a good one too. I will venture an answer but others may disagree. Anti-freeze valves work because a) they allow water to move (because some...
Exactly so, the best temptation to cut corners or not to find out in the first place what corners matter. Also part of a job that is likely subbed ou...
I agree but Im certain it never will at this level and particularly with this type of fault. The construction industry has been dodgy forever and thi...
I was a repairer at a 'Repair Cafe' a couple of weeks ago. Amongst the items that came in were a 60 year old radiogram, a 2 year old Dyson hair drier...
Glad you got a resolution but £11k to £14.5k to replace the ODU and controls alone? Really? What else were they proposing to do? Seems a lot to me. ...
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