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50C refrigerant across 50m+ of pipework will lead to monumental losses across the pipes with only 8mm insulation. I suspect (without calculating) poss...
You might have luck seeing if your installation was secured with one of the consumer protection schemes and seeing if they'll help with cost. Given hi...
@goody yeah I think they normally work by using a heat pump for most of the year then turning the boiler on instead below a certain ambient temperatur...
@goody missing out five rooms is a big oversight. This system will never be enough to heat your house when it's cold no matter how many minor improvem...
@huwsy I'm not too familiar with A2A heat pumps, nor do I think are most here. Why did you not use the system at all from April to now? If it's very u...
I think the permitted noise level is 42dB at the nearest window of a liveable room of a neighbouring property. You can calculate it yourself using the...
I don't have much to go in for scale, but it doesn't look like it would fit in that gap to me
I'm not sure I entirely understand the problem. Your house has been cooling by 1 or 2 degrees per hour every day for the last week? What temperature d...
@parmstar I tend to think that a hybrid system means there's two things to go wrong instead of one so if it were me I'd just get the bigger pump as we...
@goody is that all your rooms? It doesn't mention any bathrooms or toilets. It also looks like the MCS calculator so it's a shame they didn't give tha...
@parmstar I guess it's a good result. If you used the BUS grant then you'll no longer be eligible if it's a hybrid system. I don't know if it would co...
Your positioning sounds fine. I would look to see if you have a full heat loss survey report as a pdf or an Excel document, then we could compare your...
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