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We have a 26L volumiser. I invited a potential installer to leave (to save his time!) if he was proposing a 4 port buffer. They came back (having talk...
I understand that it gets dissipated as heat, mostly in the panels but some in the inverter. Since most solar power generates heat in the panels (80%)...
@lucia & @transparent For me the answer to the conundrum of private companies selling the capacity that tax payer have paid for and consumers will...
@jaynieq I’m glad I helped (even if only a bit!). I am amazed that you still have your oil boiler I thought they had to be physically removed. Our gas...
Awesome! Its good to read you’ve got the performance you want and sad that this wasn’t the case previously and it needed 2 new radiators to achieve ...
@kundk you probably already know the builder/plumber will have to get a specialist in to remove the tiles because of the asbestos. It is worth havin...
@kundk you haven’t said where your bathroom is. If it’s on the ground floor and the floor is concrete is it insulated underneath. The age of your hous...
I didn’t hear any problem with that noise it was less than walking on gravel. Have you another example recorded?
@nickmorgan you are not missing anything at all and when you dial in the import and export rates on electricity tariffs then a diverter is even more u...
Totally agree. We had our MVHR pipes put in first (6inch like above) and the guy who installed it was great. He took my plans of the house and pipe ...
@cathoderay I’m really pleased to read you have some sense (not 100% as you want/need) but making progress, thanks to your persistence and @bobtskutte...
@andrewj the trick is to get the radiator size roughly right and a bit too big, by design and then turn them permanently down with lock shield valve (...
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