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@alfapat I would think starting froma common 1.5 turns open would be a good start - unless there is an emitter at the end of the run that might suffer...
And as a post script: When you commence the balancing exercise, you will be running around the radiators checking which is heating up the quickest (i....
@alfapat Adjusting an LSV to provide a temperature setting is probably the start of a road to frustration and madness; as the name suggests, it is to ...
@transparent We had one chappie from SGN call at the door (just checking his paperwork and that we weren’t half inching any gas I think), his opening ...
@sunandair I think this may be what is referred to as a ‘split unit’; the heat pump main unit is outside and there is a ‘hydrobox’ installed inside. I...
@robl Our meter box was falling apart and long stopped being a locked flap front closing protective enclosure. By the time SGN came to see the work, t...
@iraknic Please note, I don’t have any experience at all (diddly squat) of UFH plumbing but if a circuit has both send and return valves, it is probab...
@rosst With 14 kWp. of solar, if your battery capacity is high enough, perhaps you might wish to consider a heat pump as the PV should go some way tow...
@grahaml Welcome Graham, the more ‘trained engineers’ contributing here the better!😉 Regards, Toodles.
Further to my previous posting, here are December’s and just part of Jan. 25’s solar production - I’m hoping this is a hint of things to come! Regards...
@irmartini My first foray into actual choice of the heat pump to be fitted was when Octopus carried out a survey in early 2023 and they were only fitt...
@johnnyb I think that Homely policy is still that of installer access only; if you go to their sight (and I didn’t say this) you may find that you can...
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