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Last seen: Oct 22, 2024
@iancalderbank, going back to your last post, thanks again for the enlightening explanation. I attached part of the calculations provided by the insta...
thanks @iancalderbank. So that's giving figures of 3.2 when it's cold, 1.4 when mild. When you say heat loss, what are these figures actually measurin...
Sorry for going to ground after your last posts @iancalderbank - I've been doing some of the homework you suggested! As it's turned out, last week and...
Ah well, so we've had our call with the installers. The calculations they are required to use (I assume required by ECO4) result in the 12kW heat pump...
Thanks very much again @iancalderbank for your advice above and efforts to help. I've started having a go at measuring as you suggest. In terms of som...
Thanks @iancalderbank. I've been looking at the installation company's calculations which give heat loss as approx 16,000 kWh/yr, which with 4000 for ...
Thank you very much for the replies, which are very helpful, and pretty reassuring in terms of the noise question. I'm going to do a bit of homework n...
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