Last seen: May 7, 2025
Useful information thanks, we have a cupboard where all that can go, seems pretty small.
@johnmo not clear the pipes are dodgy, but they could be, nobody can know until after they are pressurized. Right? The only routing is the current...
@bontwoody £300 on a £7k ASHP project isn't really a major issue. The designer will have to size it anyway, my real question is how much efficiency i...
@bontwoody thanks, I see they are supposed to be 90% efficient or more. So maybe if I use that as a rule of thumb, a 45C flow from the ASHP woul...
No, the pipe sizing is very adequate, 15mm to rads and 22mm primary for each floor in the building. None of it needs changing from a sizing perspecti...
@toodles to be clear I don't know if there will be a requirement, I was trying to find that out.
@toodles thanks, that's useful information about Homely. What Im really asking is if there will be a requirement for new heat pumps to be compat...
@jamespa thanks for the reply, so really in this case we have to reduce the flow to the radiator to achieve it. In my specific case the oversize rad...
The current boiler has a single 22mm pipe, but as you suggest that splits into a 22mm feed for upstairs and a 22mm feed for downstairs. That split oc...
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