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@derek-m They wish to impress upon us that the fresh air is free (I’m not so sure about the ‘fresh’, especially after the latest UK government announc...
@derek-m Heating on the “never-never’? Regards, Toodles (Glad to be able to post again! (Sigh)
@crimson It really is looking more likely that the downstairs rads need a serious uprating now. Your heat pump has the capacity, your pipework will pr...
@hughf As it is a ‘Hard Task’ (and I don’t doubt it when I see what a failure my two installer companies staff have been!) it strikes me that someone ...
And what about the pipe runs ‘outside’, i.e. in utility spaces or unheated buildings? Are they all well insulated? Regards, Toodles.
Just thinking about the ground floor pipework, we had our pipe runs insulated with foam material that is split and slips over the pipes; I suspect tha...
@crimson Are the pipes in areas outside of your ‘living envelope’, in other words, any runs outside of your living spaces, utility area, outside plant...
@hughf When I was researching what, which, where, how and why for fitting an ASHP and ridding ourselves of a starting to fail gas boiler, I asked pote...
@crimson When the radiators downstairs are up-rated and the LWT is lowered, you will find the upstairs lockshield valves are a little less tricky to t...
@crimson The next stage might be to fit the larger radiators downstairs; this will have several benifits, not only will it heat downstairs more effici...
Thank you Derek, at least it is only a little ‘Devil’ then! Regards, Toodles.
I suspect that the image was subjected to some filesize reduction so here is a close up of the displays. Toodles.
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