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@jamespa Also this coming winter I am going to run my combi system at as low as it will modulate and see how we get on.
@jamespa Hi James, the living/kitchen/dining room is around 40% of the property. My annual gas usage is 9300kw, of which i am estimating 170kw a month...
I used this heat loss calculator based on my worse day which was 85kw of gas, on a -3 day at 22 degrees. Temerature on the day in question was -3 unti...
@lejamaiscontent i did use one of the online calculators and at -3 degrees, with our current consumption which is shy of the 12k i said at nearer 1000...
@lejamaiscontent Thank you kindly. I am not in a rush, so waiting until next winter is not a major set back to work out what we need. We already have ...
@jamespa Appreciate thoughts. At least it points me in the direction that it may be possible. Going to start with a major installer who does free asse...
@jamespa Hi James, thanks for responding. We use around 12000kw of gas a year. i am estimating our hear loss at around 5-6kw. Its standard 8mm copper ...
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