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Hi Derek, Thank you. We've found it difficult to get good and trustworthy information and we've had some previous bad experiences with tradesmen wh...
@derek-m I hear you. The ECP F rating is apparently due to the wet electric CH system. The house was built 1990 and we moved in 4 years ago. One year ...
@editor good to hear about Grant. I’m not sure what kind of radiators we have but this is what they look like. These are to be replaced by new radiat...
@julianc I will do that - although I did have a long chat with Grant themselves and was quite impressed. We had a full and what seemed to be a frank ...
@julianc thank you. We are considering the Grant Aerona 32 17kW which has a technical spec of 61 DB and has been awarded the Quiet Mark even at that l...
There's another thread on noise levels elsewhere on this forum. Check out
@derek-m we had ice on the inside of our double glazed velux windows upstairs this winter. Once thawed the water ran in lines down the plasterwork. Th...
I've been looking at the following link which is the Quiet Mark assessment of different ASHPs and they have considered boilers too. I still don't real...
Thanks for your comments and advice Simon. Hmmmm. Not sure what to say. We are desperate for some alternative to a hugely expensive wet CH system run ...
@duncan-mac thank you. We are in Fife. So far replies from planning assistants have been of the catch 22 variety. I am simply referred back to the epl...
@editor definitely will 😊
@chaplito thank you. I’m not giving up yet. Partly because I can’t face another winter like the one we’ve just had.
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