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So how far in advance of returning home, do you need to turn it back on to recover the temperature - what sort of temperature rise can it achieve, wha...
But if you got home and found the house cold, for whatever reason, how long does it take for your heat pump to heat your house up to 20 deg C from col...
Because there's situations where it is needed. You do want to get the house warm quickly when your plans change and you come home early or unexpectedl...
From what I've read, with chilled water, as you'd expect, condensation can form on the pipework so the pipes need thoroughly insulating and insulation...
The problem I see with A2A (and I'm interested if there's a good solution to this) is that many homes have multiple small rooms which need their own h...
Yes the MCS rules on cylinder sizing seem to be cause of the problem, they don't provide enough detail on how sizes should be adapted to space constra...
Strikes me there is potentially a lot of scope for improving the hot-water solutions, I've tried a couple of the big companies mentioned here and thei...
I might install one without the grant, but it would either be a DIY project or an economical install where I have more control over what is being prov...
But in practice, doesn't the need for Building Regs approval typically force you to comply with MCS? Because MCS as a competent person scheme can self...
If the Government remove the grant then they should also be removing some of rigid and inflexible installation standards which push up the cost of ins...
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