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@jamespa Agree, was thinking a regular plumber would be more likely to give a sensible price for the pipework install as it's more his job rather than...
You could be right. I am debating with myself about doing the pipework install myself and whether I have the inclination any more. I did used to be a ...
@cathoderay You never know how good a contractor is going to be until it's too late. Due diligence is required and if your lucky personal recommendati...
@jamespa Your explanation makes sense.I didn't include for hw heating in my main home as I run a thermal store but had thought something would need to...
I assume the 2.5 - 3kW required to heat the hot water cylinder is added to the total house heat loss to size the A2W heat pump as per a typical non co...
@etchedpixels This house is fairly straight forward as far as plumbing goes but it's not a typical ASHP job as it includes all the central heating pip...
@rob-of-york My reasoning for the move away from storage heaters was to make life easy when the house is sold.I think that if i can get A2W at a sensi...
I always thought the same but I have seen m3/m2 quoted which is got me wondering but that could just be a mis-quote. That included the BUS. It inclu...
@cathoderay- you have to setup an account and I can't remember how onerous it is as it was 10 years ago when I started using it.MCS and British standa...
@bobflux Thanks, that gives me something to check the inbuilt u values with. There looks like a lot more once you've found your way around it.
@cathoderay I suppose that's why you need to have a feel for and an expectation thru' experience of the result so a duff result stands out. I've use...
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