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@jamespa its weird. It’s -1.5C outside, I’ve been monitoring the temp of the radiator (not the room) and it’s only running at about 24 C. The curre...
@jamespa Thanks We are running completely open loop and the upper floor rads are already reaching the same temp as the lower floor rads. So rebal...
@toodles We had a reroof concurrently with the PV install, it was 60 years old and although not leaking was at the end of its useful life. Plus, if...
@toodles I sail, so have a feel for what wind can do. At 80mph, there is approx 79kg/m2 lift. 10 panels is 20m2, I make that 1600kg lift, max. I’ve ...
@jamespa thanks, yes it seemed mad to me. An exert from the heat loss report for one of the rooms is below. I told them prior to and during the...
@toodles you must have discovered the secrets of quantum gravity to get them to float above the ground then, or are a Jedi 😀 It’s an abs...
@toodles unfortunately our roof pitch is only 14 degrees (another reason winter solstice production is pants) so rain and wind isn’t enough to was...
@toodles I guess it makes sense, ladders and water don’t mix well. Not sure that a water jet would be enough to get through the pigeon poop on mine...
December is dire for us. 3/4 the way up a south facing hills the sun barely manages to get its nose over the peak. Had a look today and there’s half a...
@toodles Thanks. Yes I’ve tried three or four times and can’t get my own data. Some folks on the forum were indicating all you needed to do was regist...
@toodles Just to follow up. I have made a little progress with my installer after considerable back and forth, haven’t yet had to go nuclear and pu...
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