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@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 ...
@johnmo Thanks , bedrooms upstairs. A fully open system is what I want, I must specify that to Octopus surveyor.
@johnmo Ah yes he did say something about a TRV downstairs not a room thermostat but why would I need that? I want the most economic system controlled...
@broadsman Unfortunately this does not seem to have trickled down to the surveyor who still added one to my quote even though I mentioned I did not wa...
Having responded to BG on a few points (buffer!) I now have an Octopus survey at the end of the month. It will be interesting to see how they respond ...
@editor Am I cynical in wondering why the two large energy providers design systems eg, BG with a buffer and Octopus with a high flow rate? Both of th...
@derek-m Thinking about what @lucia says about quotes seemingly downgrading some replacement rads would it be wrong to upgrade rads not deemed necessa...
@lucia At Ā£209 for a buffer I'd rather have an extra emitter!
@johnmo Thanks, doesn't seem too difficult. how deep should I bury it?. He said a meter which seems OTT !
BG have been and quoted at about 1/3 off the original website estimate. They would change 3 Emitters (as they are now called!) and add one on the la...
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