Last seen: Mar 12, 2025
Quick update for those interested. The octopus engineer confirmed part of the issue was balancing between radiators upstairs and UFH and also the flo...
Hi all I’ve been rebalancing UFH versus the radiators, which help a lot. Too much flow went to the upstairs radiators relative to UFH. Also the UFH ...
@judith thanks for your reply. good point to consider. we have solid engineered oak , I am unsure what the max temperature is but the previous mixer...
@allyfish thanks a lot. Good to know re not relying on my hand measurement totally! How can I figure out the "total design flow" please? when it was r...
@toodles thanks , sorry I should have added it's been running for 3-4 days now.
hi all - just another follow up question on this. I am minded to go back to octopus. Quick question - their design temp is 21 in living areas and 18c ...
Ah helpful thanks . It’s the EDLA08E2V3 so yes I think that’s in the graph
Hi all- thanks for all the excellent advice so far. Quick question, if octopus is correct about my heat losses (6.4kw) will the 8kw daikin big enou...
@ivanopinion you know what - maybe I did pay a deposit! I can’t remember now, I’ll check.
@squeakysim actually none ! octopus and Aira do it for free. the last one was via a friend . In some ways paying for a properly independent view (say...
So I've been discussing with the local company a bit more. Both their MCS sheert and Aira heat losses agree on the same heating per year expressed i...
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