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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...
@lucia How long was it before Octopus gave you a survey date? was it months? Since I see we are both in the SW maybe not so long. Also I see on my BG...
@toodles Last year I was given the remnants of my daughters oil tank which turned out to be 100l . So to augment my boiler running at it's low temp I ...
@lucia Thank you. I just thought to try Octopus again and they did quote me with the proviso it would be several months to the survey. However their i...
@lucia Interesting we will see what happens tomorrow. I'm with Octopus already so no problems there. If I'm not convinced I'll get my rads upgraded (p...
Well BG are coming to see me tomorrow, If he insists on a buffer maybe I'll ask to be referred to Brenden 🤔
I see BG say servicing is around £200 a year and includes cleaning the evaporator, checking the fan for wear and 'ensuring the settings are correct'. ...
I'm following this thread with great interest as I am in the same boat as it were. When the energy prices went mad I set the boiler to run 24 hours at...
I wish our uk ASHP's could be made more attractive like this. Ours are so tedious and ugly (in my humble opinion).
@robl I completely agree even a catastrophic failure will disperse quite quickly.
There she is, the Mactra, a bit of a mess.
I also came across this showing the result of a "perfect" gas mix explosion on a yacht. Of interest is the first failed ignition showing how the explo...
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