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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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