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My Aira heat pump installation has been well documented in this forum but I've finally got round to editing the video's I did each day. Feel free to t...
Hi @m1308 as JamesPa said there are many variables but yes we have the Aira 8kW in a 3 bed,but ours is a detached Victorian property. We are about 11...
Octopus's heat loss calculation is very cautious. They told me my heat loss was about 13.5kw, so 'out of scope' for them, when my own heat loss calcul...
@ivanopinion Heat pumps really should have labels standardised. IMHO if says 8kw on the model lable, it should hit 8kw at a standardised flow temp (ma...
@trungdong I feel better now that the app shows energy consumption data. You can figure out roughly how it cycles from this. As we don't have COP data...
@andy_e That's quite a price difference. Octopus would not honour our quote of £4500 due to their heat loss calculation saying the heat loss was out o...
Following on from my issue with poor flow through a few radiators and likely following on from a poor Trustpilot review. Aira have been out this week ...
@borderbloke I was thinking similar to Toodles. Aira have partnered with Heat Geeks. Regional Aira teams have a go to contact for tricky installs and ...
Potential quick fix for any Aira Heat pump customer - if Flow temperature feels too warm for the outdoor temperature, using a lot of power, overshooti...
Forum Handle: MikeH Manufacturer: Aira Model:Aira 8kW Type: ASHP, Arrangement: Mono, Area of Country: Nottingham Home Type: Dethatched Hou...
Update from our Aira install. We've just had an engineer visit to balance the radiators and address weather compensation. We could have been seen last...
@johnmo You've got me thinking. I started downstairs closest to the buffer and only did the downstairs before stopping because the last 2 rads furth...
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