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@cathoderay apologies for my snark. I am a bit defensive about this stuff. It was a lot of work over the last 2 years researching and planning and get...
Argument over and back purely to the points at hand. Ray, my heat pump isn’t oversized. The calculations were done by the installer and I don’t have t...
@bontwoody ok.
Calm down a bit Ray. I’m not required to post to any arbitrary standard set by you. I shared my experience, factually, and that’s that. There was no o...
I must point out another couple of things. I did not mention “design temp” nor did I claim that the OPs house would be “warm within hours”. Rather ...
@cathoderay whatever you say, Ray. 😆 I must try to remember in future that I have to make sure any post I make going forward is tailored to your lik...
maybe your pump or install isn’t exactly the same as mine, Ray. I would definitely recommend Grant to anyone and a grade 1 Grant installer on a prop...
what does all round cold start mean? Was my house supposed to be at -10? Should I have kept the wood burner off and opened all the doors and windows d...
It was very, very obvious that I meant a cold start for the heat pump as it it being turned on for the first time, given this is the topic of the thre...
@cathoderay are you suggesting I am not being truthful? Downstairs in my kitchen was showing 13 degrees when the pump was turned on at 6pm. By the ...
Grant also do an “integrated” cylinder now. I would have got that, in retrospect.
I also sold my boiler and oil tank on Gumtree for a grand. That was great, guys just came and took it all away on day one of the ASHP install once the...
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