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@hughf I must confess I have no idea what a "homely stat" is. Also, I am a bit limited to the ASHPs that my installer works with, and they strongly pr...
@majordennisbloodnok many thanks, good to know you've had a good experience with the Mitsubishi pump. I assume you don't have the Mixergy cylinder?
I had not heard about thermosiphoning. So placing the storage cylinder on the ground floor is less efficient than in a higher floor? And the Mixergy t...
Thanks Robl. Both the utility and the loft are inside the house's thermal envelope. Interesting what you say about the pipes leaking heat. That probab...
@majordennisbloodnok this is extremely helpful, thank you. Dore Woodman is one of the installers we got estimates from and as we are trying to decide ...
@cycleneil exactly. We are doing what we can to improve the insulation of our 1929 terrace, but I don't expect the thermal performance end result will...
@majordennisbloodnok I tried to send you a message but it seems I am not allowed to yet - perhaps because I only joined today. I see you went with the...
@cycleneil yes, the Grant Aerona 3 and Mitsubishi Ecodan models are claimed as compliant with this (arbitrary ...!) limit, though one has to wonder qu...
@majordennisbloodnok I looked in the Bromley planning permissions website. There are a handful of cases that mention air source heat pumps, but they w...
There are definitely differences between the countries. The property in question is in London so English rules would apply. I fear making an applicati...
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