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Well this has all been surprisingly stressful so I'm going to take a week out and go to Plymouth and back via some interesting stopovers. If all goes ...
So now UltimateRenewables have found an installer for me so it will be interesting to see what they come up with but it will be a couple of weeks.
@johnmo Thanks when they get back to me I will ask them for the justification for the volumiser. It is so good that we cannot trust these er mcs exper...
@toodles When I went to ultimateRenewables he tried to demonstrate the quietness but it would not start saying the temp was too high initially however...
@toodles Thank you, I have a similar system controlled by a timeswitch, mine is only 100W but running 24hrs is a fair bit of electricity hence now tim...
@bontwoody re immersion in summer, his other point was at temperatures like today the heatpump will not start but are there not settings to allow for ...
Octopus have now surveyed. He was very thorough and for instance felt the need to contact his electrical expert on a possible problem with my supply: ...
@lucia My octopus survey has just been completed and he has put a note on my survey that I requested a 45C design temp so they are listening? Out of i...
@bontwoody It is £2300 for OE (assuming they do not alter it in the survey) and £4200 for BG which was down from £5900 initially. As you say I have to...
@editor Yes my BG quote includes a buffer maybe as a thermostat or TRV was suggested downstairs (which I did not want had it been explained). I am que...
@lucia Yes agreed I have started one now. It has been a very helpful thread
@gunboatdiplomat Yes when I have had the survey and report I will check. The BG one was pretty perfunctory with little detail except that it is up to ...
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