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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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@batpred The Daikin temperature probe protrudes from th...
By Toodles , 1 hour ago
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RE: Air source heat pump roll call – what heat pump brand and model do you have?
@editor And as an occasional contributor, may I say wel...
By Toodles , 3 hours ago
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RE: Should Households Who Can Afford It Pay More for Energy to Help Those Who Can't?
They don't have to try. Our entire system is d...
By EtchedPixels , 4 hours ago
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RE: Why don't people choose heat pumps?
Fair enough. I guess I was thinking of pipes that run ...
By JamesPa , 4 hours ago
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RE: How Can I Prove Coal Was My Main Heating Source Without Receipts?
Got excepted for the grant now so thanks for the replie...
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Daikin Altherma 3 R F+W, room thermostat control, weath...
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RE: Buffer tank on a 2 x 14kw Ecodan system
Pretty much as I had guessed in my crude scaling from m...
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RE: Help me keep the faith with my air source heat pump installation
Well you have a vibration generator running at some fre...
By bobflux , 1 day ago
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?
@downfield Thats a decent rate, I’m shocked they hadn...
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RE: Adventures in heat loss calculations
@toodles thanks! So as suspected, around a doubling of ...
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Six books in three years and I think I’ve now covered j...
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RE: Grant Aerona3 13kw - Buffer Tank - Heating Journey
@heymikey Well done in achieving as nearer a match acro...
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Grant Aerona - Weather Compensation and Schedules
Im trying to set up a friends Grant Aerona. The WC curv...
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