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Majordennisbloodnok
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RE: Considering a heat pump for a '50s house

@Heacol, I didn't misunderstand but we may be talking at cross purposes even so. If an MHVR deals with 10m3 air, it can only reclaim the heat that's...

3 years ago
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RE: Heat pump installation quotations

Speaking as a consumer, I consider that information gold dust. What is charged for labour is not a dirty secret; it's a legitimate cost. If you'd been...

3 years ago
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RE: Considering a heat pump for a '50s house

I understand the analogy, @heacol. However.... If we use your example, the bucket already has several holes in it and our aim is to keep the water a...

3 years ago
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RE: Considering a heat pump for a '50s house

Actually, all my calculation was doing was the simple physics of how much energy is required to heat a room full of air from one temperature to anothe...

3 years ago
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RE: Heat pump installation quotations

I work in IT and many years ago when I was working for a computer consultancy the proprietor used to have an initial meeting with every prospective cu...

3 years ago
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RE: Considering a heat pump for a '50s house

@Heacol, I was the one who came up with the calculations in the thread @mjr mentioned. I was also the one who started the thread since I'm actually ke...

3 years ago
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RE: Heat pump installation quotations

Let's face it, @kev-m, that happens quite often on our roads. But that's a different conversation entirely 😏

3 years ago
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RE: Looking to make our 2 bedroom Victorian mid-terrace house greener

@ChickenBig, we looked around at the component prices when we got our quote, and it didn't help us much. The comparison quotes from the various other ...

3 years ago
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RE: Heat pump installation quotations

Here, I have to absolutely disagree. A direct quote from Citizen's Advice Bureau page on "before you get building work done" gives their view on "wh...

3 years ago
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RE: Heat pump installation quotations

Thinking back on all the times we've been trying to choose tradespeople, we've never just asked for a price for a specific piece of work. We've always...

3 years ago
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RE: Awful water pressure for watering veg garden

That's not a water butt. That's a VAT. Or perhaps a reservoir.

3 years ago
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RE: Most sustainable and innovative domestic product of the year

And that, of course, is precisely the point. First and foremost, the product has to be able to justify its existence and for your wife that's what it'...

3 years ago
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