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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. ...
Best done when its not sunny!
Ouch thats leaking quite a lot! it looks like its easily replaced by unscrewing the half inch nut about half way between the tank and the bottom of t...
I put some washing up liquid in when I clean mine, then rinse off with clean water. It takes quite a bit to clean them I find, the grime is well stuc...
@seoras OK Im not sure if this relates to your comment about Vaillant in the intro thread, perhaps you could advise. The brown gunge looks more ...
Why am I not surprised? This bit of 'heat pump installation' really is the construction industry, and I think we all know that there is a proportion...
Thanks @editor , @indevolt-uk Subject to any comments from @transparent I think we have made some great progress in understanding this issue. Regar...
@seoras Sorry to hear that. I found Vaillant very helpful. If, as @editor suggests, you would like to say something about your house, system and wha...
Thats arguably a sign of a good installer - they understand that weather compensation is all important and that it may need to be tweaked. There is ...
@profzarkov They arent obviously wrong, but the only way to determine the right temperatures is to adjust it (with all zones open, thermostats to m...
The DHW circuit cant be separated (well it could, you could use a plate heat exchanger, but why bother). There needs to be an air bleed at every loc...
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