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We have recently completed rather similar on a slightly larger floor plan, but minus UFH. Before deciding battery capacity, get your heat pump unit ...
@jamespa It’s the index rad on the system. They were balanced about 4 months ago with inlet and outlet temp sensors, I’ve been loathe to fiddle with a...
@jamespa It varies as dad has some cognitive issues, the door leads to an unheated landing so that doesn’t help. I’ll edge it up to 20% then, we are a...
@jamespa That’s nice and easy, thanks, 10% ish. I have a 10% larger rad in a different room that’s a touch too warm, so I can just swap them over. G...
@majordennisbloodnok @editor The objective reality is that a heat pump based central heating system can offer superlative efficiency and performanc...
@simonwig If it wasn’t network connected like many older systems, I’d want my firmware checked/updated. There could be bugs to fix.
@johnnyb I don’t know any better to concur or disagree. Wouldn’t it be nice to know for sure so that if things go wrong we have a chance of underst...
I’ve checked and now the pump inverter does vary by a few %. It most definitely never used to, so must be linked to the previous fault status. I have ...
@ashp-bobba Absolutely, particularly for the elderly or sick whom would struggle with a heating failure mid winter. Nobody ever minds paying a fair...
@ashp-bobba May I ask please, do you actually perform preventative maintenance as part of the service please. By that I mean checking bearings, lub...
@editor Solely for warranty. As toodles said, the “service” doesn’t represent any form of true preventative maintenance. The logical action would b...
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