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The vaillant controller and app do all of that (and more) natively. Forget any external controller it's just not necessary. Seriously you don't even...
That depends on your house. The only way to find out is to turn hive and any TRVs up high, then turn down/up the low OAT WL setting until the house i...
Interesting, my protection was only for 2 years and, as I post above, essentially worthless. I didn't even get the terms of the insurance when I con...
I had this done at two (domestic scale) business premises. District Council don't need to know, its between you and the gas supplier. The only diffi...
Completely agreed. Unfortunately this sort of situation is not restricted to heat pumps. As I say above, our consumer protection is better than some...
Simply put, no I didn't. That said I didn't place much mental value on the insurance element. I watched the installer carefully to ensure that the...
I have just dug out my own guarantee (which is by IWA) and read the conditions, which I reproduce below. Its pretty limited. Its cover applies only...
Noted. Im being pragmatic, recognising the reality that (a) you presumably want working heating and (b) the complaints path is long and tortuous (...
@bobflux I agree that its a simplification but I think its more serious than flow rate. An overestimate of house heat loss can result in unnecessar...
What are you envisaging doing throughout the day? Personally I just turn my heating off altogether from May to mid September, but obviously it depend...
@batpred ok My energy delivered in kWh was as follows: Dec 2777 Jan 3468 Feb 2574 Mar 2390 House is heated to about 21 a...
The Vaillant controls are excellent IMHO, possibly some of the best. Why do you think they are too simple? What do you want to do that you think tha...
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