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phowardstutterheim
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RE: No spare parts for Vaillant Ground Source Heat Pumps in the UK & major corrosion issue is another problem for GSHP

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, ...

4 weeks ago
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RE: No spare parts for Vaillant Ground Source Heat Pumps in the UK & major corrosion issue is another problem for GSHP

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. ...

4 weeks ago
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RE: No spare parts for Vaillant Ground Source Heat Pumps in the UK & major corrosion issue is another problem for GSHP

@bobflux

4 weeks ago
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RE: No spare parts for Vaillant Ground Source Heat Pumps in the UK & major corrosion issue is another problem for GSHP

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...

4 weeks ago
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RE: No spare parts for Vaillant Ground Source Heat Pumps in the UK & major corrosion issue is another problem for GSHP

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...

4 weeks ago
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RE: No spare parts for Vaillant Ground Source Heat Pumps in the UK & major corrosion issue is another problem for GSHP

No corrosion inhibitors detected in system fluid. No frost protection detected. Low pH.  

4 weeks ago
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RE: No spare parts for Vaillant Ground Source Heat Pumps in the UK & major corrosion issue is another problem for GSHP

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 ...

4 weeks ago
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RE: No spare parts for Vaillant Ground Source Heat Pumps in the UK & major corrosion issue is another problem for GSHP

The corrosion problem was never resolved. I filed a lawsuit against the maintenance company for failure to prevent corrosion and compensation for dama...

1 month ago
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RE: MCS guidelines and complaints - Ground Source Heat Pump installation and servicing

@transparent Our mains water quality is fine - just on the hard side. Water analysis found no scaling in our system, no biological contamination on ...

3 years ago
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RE: MCS guidelines and complaints - Ground Source Heat Pump installation and servicing

@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 ...

3 years ago
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MCS guidelines and complaints - Ground Source Heat Pump installation and servicing
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RE: No spare parts for Vaillant Ground Source Heat Pumps in the UK & major corrosion issue is another problem for GSHP

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...

3 years ago
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