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@derek-m Could the sound/noise of a heat pump be compared to a babbling brook, a roaring stream at flood levels, bird song, an ocean roar, a gale forc...
@elton Sorry, late on parade on this topic but that won’t stop me from putting in my 0.9pence worth! A special category for heat pumps is probably a g...
@mikefl Brilliant! I’m almost tempted to request a new EPC assessment to see how my ‘upgraded/downgraded property with loft insulation, solar PV, batt...
Could it be that there is a 3 port valve in the circuit and it is not fully closing in either direction? Failure to close fully would allow dissipatio...
Ah, perhaps all that blubber helps to insulate …. (In the ‘cavity Wales’) Sorry, couldn’t resist! 😊 Regards, Toodles.
@bontwoody Yes, I think you are right; gut feeling has a lot to be said for it - even if courts don’t accept it as ‘evidence’!😉 Regards, Toodl...
@editor Yeap, the ‘security’ aspect is my one concern and will have to see whether there are any form of safeguards being built in, though I am not su...
@editor I have sent an initial contact to them and referred them to my article published in this ‘august organ’😊 to see if I can assist them i...
@derek-m Being in the position of having plenty of time as I am retired (and being a bit of a nerd!), I instructed the installers to carry out the fir...
@majordennisbloodnok We had our first annual service for the Daikin this morning and the engineer working on behalf of Daikin remarked on the neat &am...
@editor No Glycol in our Daikin installation but we do have two antifreeze valves. When the ‘Boss’ came to do a little ‘snagging’, he was surprised (a...
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