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Last seen: Mar 18, 2026
Well, that sounds better. However, we are no longer dealing with this. The GSHP is still working, and we don't have the resources to pay experts who, ...
Indeed, I might have done what you suggest had I not had to both preserve samples for a legal case and provide court-worthy evidence of the contents. ...
In your comment, you are both confident and rude, which translates into arrogant. Your knowledge appears to be based on a single sample of a 40-year-o...
We have no radiators. The sludge comes from inside the Heat Pump and ancillary equipment. We would have had to pay a lot to have these particles analy...
No corrosion inhibitors detected in system fluid. No frost protection detected. Low pH.
The UFH system was installed at the same time as the GSHP, and it was supplied by Nu-Heat. Nu-Heat utilized its signature Fastflo® PE-RT tube for its ...
The corrosion problem was never resolved. I filed a lawsuit against the maintenance company for failure to prevent corrosion and compensation for dama...
@transparent Our mains water quality is fine - just on the hard side. Water analysis found no scaling in our system, no biological contamination on ...
@derek-m Have done/am doing so, via Hydratech -/p> They found no inhibitors in the hot water side, and the pH was 6. They are analysing the ...
We have now discovered possible corrosion on the refrigerant side, as well as on the hot water side, of our Ground Source Heat Pump. Several temperatu...
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