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Hi Cally We’ve had a 13kW Grant installed about a month now, and it was really noisy to begin with. It came from the pipes, although the outdoor...
Question from me: What are the risks of oversizing an ASHP, and are there ways they can be mitigated? For example, might minimum flow rate be a prob...
I did look at RED - Freedom Heatpumps have some videos on them. I'm a bit wary about this 'designed for the UK climate' thing: I've seen that slogan...
I came across this video: This is the perspective of, shall we call them, 'Big Boiler'. They take the position that they can build hydrogen boil...
It's also worth mentioning that heating in flats is a bit different from houses, because in flats you often have a lot of walls and floors that are he...
Interestingly, I think I figured out that Grant are rebrands of Chofu of Japan - the diagrams in the installation manuals are identical. I'm not fami...
Hi Mark, if you already have a plumbing background I can recommend the training videos from Freedom Heatpumps: Most of what they describe are Monobl...
I too am wondering this question - in this case Grant v Mitsubishi. The installer says Grant 'is the better product' which could be installerspeak fo...
@julianc Absolutely, I'm not really suggesting this as a feasible option for a lot of people. For other thing, the RHI and friends have a list of 'ap...
I posted this on another thread - from Alibaba: 11kW ASHP monobloc - $838 Heat pump water cylinder - $286 Radiator-style fan coil unit - $125 (i...
On costs, I've recently been spending some quality time on Alibaba. Typical examples (clickable links): 11kW ASHP monobloc - $838 Heat pump water...
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