Last seen: May 15, 2025
Ok, so back from our break and system seems to be performing perfectly. Electricity use has reduced markedly each day Friday to Monday and I’m sure th...
@william1066 and aye our utility room used to smell of kerosene but about a year ago the fire valve failed and after we replaced that we have no smell...
Proper construction of our garage starts tomorrow. We only got the foundations poured before everything froze up so hoping to have solar and battery i...
Thanks William. It seems that the lower flow temperature working constantly means that 17/18 is as comfortable as 20 was when our underfloor and radia...
Woke up this morning and I would say things are looking promising with probably a few wee things to sort out.The immersion boost had the tank temperat...
It’s in! They left us 10 minutes ago. We have heat in the pipes! They have given it an immersion boost and they reckon we should have hot water within...
thanks very much, will speak to them.
Overall good first day. Team from MCA Renewables very good and also the guy came and bought and took away my boiler, flue, fittings, and 1/3 full tank...
That’s the boys away for the day. Hoping to finish tomorrow, we need the electrician.
Happy with this insulation?
@william1066 that makes sense to be fair. I don’t imagine we will use it very much at all April to September and it will cost very little. Our sola...
@editor thank you! These installers tell me they have installed over 100 of these and the positioning of the ASHP and cylinder is among the most str...
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