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Q. How many MCS staff does it take to change a light bulb? A. Two. One to instruct an approved installer how to screw it up, and one to issu...
Excellent news about the inspector! Wow!! Start keeping a diary. You'll need it later. Yes, I understood about the EPCs being the responsibili...
Let me just pick two sentences from different paragraphs of what @amanda1 wrote We can therefore assume that those EPC ratings will also have to ...
I have heard similar sentiments from a great many 'victims' as you put it! Heat pump installation is in its early days, and similar in many ways to ...
The comment on the overflow was to indicate the opposite... that the installer shouldn't have placed an insulation join below it!He's used a thinner/r...
Let me pick up just two of your last set of photos, @amanda1 And I'll now answer your previous comment regarding the context in which I'm talkin...
Your sketch of the house' plan view is just what's needed @amanda1 Let's look at three issues relating to wasted heat: 1: Yes, that external d...
It's difficult to tell from the photo, but I'm assuming the pipe insulation has a 13mm wall thickness.That's not enough for a cupboard which is outsid...
Yes. On your model, the compressor and condenser are both within the external unit.That means the refrigerant only occupies that small amount of pipin...
I'm adding annotations to your photo, @amanda1But is that cupboard within the heated envelope of the house or outside?
@amanda1 - I can offer a diagram which is somewhat less daunting, if it helps. I'll assume that you are a teacher by profession.Please feel free t...
@amanda1 - please don't change your forum ID. I have already "mentioned you in dispatches" to politicians with whom I'm discussing the slow uptake o...
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RE: Is your heat pump insured?
My home insurance renewal is due soon meaning I am doin...
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RE: Planning Permission May 2025
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RE: Share Your Experiences with Heat Pump Manufacturer Support
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RE: ASHP heat output monitoring
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RE: Renewables & Heat Pumps in the News
this document extensively describes (in a non-blame, ne...
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RE: Replacing Refrigerant on Mitsubishi Heat Pump
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RE: 300 Liter Tank - Do I have to heat it all?
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It's unclear to me how the Smart Control project work b...
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RE: Have Consumers Been Lied to About the Efficiency of Heat Pumps Made in China?
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RE: My misgivings about installing ASHP and solar panels via the ECO4 scheme...
All noted and accepted and as I say I am sorry that you...
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