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@majordennisbloodnok This is what all our radiators look like, so no lockshield valves the way you’ve mentioned… @cathoderay Bing Bang seems l...
@majordennisbloodnok Thank you! In fact I had come across the topic and it made me seek our lockshield valves, which I discovered dusting in a cupb...
Alas, this is an 1983 network alien to the concept of balancing. I would not dare touch the nobs, lest they come of at my hand.... We have never had t...
@cathoderay @judith Thank you for your wishes. The installation will hopefully be completed today and off we go! Regarding the downgrade, it was ...
@batpred You raised a point that would never have crossed my mind (lightning!). Still, if we were doing it all over, I’d go with 12 or 15cm (we hav...
@batpred Location: northern suburb of Athens, Greece. Elevation 400m We applied a 10cm external rock wool insulation to ground floor and the 1st ...
@editor You are right in both observations. 16kw is a hefty unit, but installers here are weary of proposing smaller units in houses like ours (detach...
Greetings from Greece! Your posts have been very helpful. We are currently installing a R290 16kw monoblock midea ASHP. The heat loss study (done po...
Greetings from Greece. 8kwp installed capacity comprised of 14x565wp Luxor Solar panels. 7 of them are facing southeast and 7 northwest (due to roof a...
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RE: Heat pump branding. Clever, contemporary… or a bit too much?
I think Heat Geek have done an amazing job on their bra...
By Tomtheheatingengineer , 9 hours ago
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RE: HeatGeek vs Octopus surveys: puzzling disparity - any ideas why?
I have just had 3 heat loss surveys, one by heat geek o...
By David , 10 hours ago
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RE: Heat Geek Zero Disrupt: Are We Sleepwalking Into Another Race to the Bottom?
I think that's the key question. After all inverter uni...
By Prunus , 11 hours ago
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RE: battery storage without solar
As of October 1st they need specific qualifications to ...
By EtchedPixels , 12 hours ago
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RE: How should the Boiler Upgrade Scheme be reformed?
A unit which uses water to transfer the heat/chill from...
By Temperature_Gradient , 13 hours ago
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RE: Renewables & Heat Pumps in the News
With regards to the BUS grant raid, I gave it more thou...
By ASHP-BOBBA , 13 hours ago
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RE: Why are ASHP installs so expensive?
The whole system seems to work on the basis of...
By ian33a , 13 hours ago
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RE: Missing flow temperature in Heat Geek proposal
Good plan. If you can get half hourly meter readings a...
By JamesPa , 18 hours ago
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RE: Heat Pumps Without Grants: Would You Have Installed One & Will You Now?
@editor Most certainly. The heat pump was an ideal s...
By Abernyte , 18 hours ago
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Although regulations may well vary from country to coun...
By Majordennisbloodnok , 19 hours ago
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RE: Does anyone have experience of a smart water meter?
Yep I caught our slow leak from a £100 bill rise 8)
By EtchedPixels , 19 hours ago
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RE: Do You Need a Buffer Tank or Low Loss Header for Underfloor Heating in a Large Property?
@jamespa in some cases, failing the Turing test might b...
By GrahamF , 22 hours ago
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RE: Passiv Smart Thermostat - Help & Forum Support
@energystoragetech The heat capacity of some...
By JamesPa , 24 hours ago
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RE: tepeo ZEB UK Support & Info Thread
Sorry you are correct, I was remembering figures from t...
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