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I'm a little confused as to what rubber you mean. Does that mean you have a rubber baffle in your chimney to stop draughts? If so, I think I'd recomme...
Thank you for that, @wanttobegreen. Information like this is like gold dust and it's even rarer to hear both sides of the same story.
Don't you dare. You just carry on as you are; as @batpred said, it's very helpful.
Agreed, except for the derailing. I reckon we're still on topic (just about).
...and as if by magic... Here was me asking for a bit more in-depth and @ashp-bobba dives in before I hit submit to do exactly that. Thank you.
I quite agree. I'm a bit cautious now about commenting since I'm not trying to be awkward. However, @batpred, you happen to be the person who's post...
Is that correct? I was under the impression that some A2A systems just pause the internal unit whilst a defrost happens but that the outside unit does...
@mkz, that's very helpful. Even if Urban Plumber are not available wherever @jimseng is, positive recommendations like yours are absolutely front dead...
I agree. So far as I understand, we can't necessarily say that efficiency of A2A is better than A2W - everything I'm finding out suggests it's all i...
I can answer that pretty directly since we used to have an oil boiler before we switched to a heat pump. When on oil, we found we were pretty much ban...
Yes and no. To me, this is a classic case of excellent fighting against good. With heat pumps already delivering three and a half times the energy t...
I hope so, @toodles. It's not often that we see a situation where the decision maker on renewables installation is not the consumer, so it's important...
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