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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...
For your DIY install, what did you do about the whole building regs / certification side of things?
The Toyota plugin hybrids are very similar to their regular hybrids, same design of drive train but with slightly more powerful motors, and the hybrid...
For minimal disruption and systems which are more affordable, and so likely to be more sellable, I wonder if there needs to be more pragmatism and all...
Did they confirm it was being installed as an actual 4 connection buffer tank or as a 2 connection volumiser tank? I had an Octopus survey, the surv...
Yes the heat pump cylinders use coils with high surface areas, but that isn't the problem, the difficulty comes from the MCS standard sizing formula r...
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