Last seen: Oct 11, 2025
Some more interesting comments on the state of, and changes in, the industry by SimonD (who is obviously a professional installer) over on the other p...
Depending exactly how the setback was programmed a 12hour setback overnight means a lot of recovery and in particular means that the water will have r...
Its great to hear of your approach and success with the audits. Perhaps one simple step that the industry could take to force out some of the less d...
It seems to me that the key metrics on which to compare energy storage technology are £/kWh m^3 per kWh and to a much lesser extent kg/k...
OK. It may be best to run it through the winter as is and collect observations, using the intervening time to find someone to do the job (as...
OK. Thats really helpful Presumably therefore the UFH pump frequently switches off, because the water temp (not mixed down) is higher than is need...
Some interesting comments here on buildhub. If SimonD is correct in his analysis/statements it pretty much explains everything (bad) we observe.
OK, so just to clarify the radiators and the heat pump are controlled by the Halo Lite; the UFH pump is controlled by the Honeywell, and they are both...
Great. Be prepared to take several days reducing it a degree a day. If you overshoot and the house gets too cold just step it up one.
Which in a flat (for which this might otherwise be ideal) you wont be able to do.
You can either move -4 to lower or reduce the programmed Flow Temp at -4. The latter is more intuitive but either will work. Personally I would do t...
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