Last seen: Sep 2, 2025
@editor I realise that the Tesla route is not the cheapest - but it is good, as is the Tesla app to control many aspects of controlling the system; th...
@crimson I don’t know what the experts might do but, when a radiator is plumbed in, it is ‘dry’ containing just air and filling is accomplished by ope...
@editor I think you might be forming a ‘Special Relationship’ with ‘the trade’ via your Q&A’s Mars! Regards (and approval!) Toodles. 😉
@cathoderay 🤣 Toodles
@transparent Beware, the ‘batteries included’ may be flat LR44’s as mine were; I bought a pack of 24 (I think it was) from Amazon and as the company n...
@cathoderay Perhaps the ‘24/7’ is being Eco with the truth? Toodles.
@econonsense The chances are that the removal of the TRV’s will result in the valves being left fully open (which with heat pumps is the usual practic...
@cathoderay Very bad design indeed! Toodles.
@jamespa The TRV has been left fully open since the day of installation; as have almost all others. We have a Hive programmable TRV on our bedroom rad...
@jamespa Hence my thought; after all, if there were a complaint about noise, then turning the pump off until legislation is updated suggests to me tha...
@jamespa Does the planning rule actually apply to the installation physically - or to such a device actually running? Thoughtfully, Toodles.
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