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RE: My NIBE ASHP Nightmare: No Commissioning, High Bills and a Hostile Installer

And were they contractors with experience of self-build concepts I wonder? As I do all tasks myself I tend to buy the optimal material for the job.I...

3 months ago

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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)

RE: My NIBE ASHP Nightmare: No Commissioning, High Bills and a Hostile Installer

That increase in diameter makes a huge difference of course.Assuming a 2mm wall thickness, every 5m of pipe holds 1-litre. That means the UFH pipewo...

3 months ago

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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)

RE: My NIBE ASHP Nightmare: No Commissioning, High Bills and a Hostile Installer

What about a door-stop? 😉 Mike, do you have a record of the pipe lengths in those UFH loops?If so, then we can calculate the volum...

3 months ago

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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)

RE: My NIBE ASHP Nightmare: No Commissioning, High Bills and a Hostile Installer

I'm going to write my initial observations of the manifolds photo, not just for Mike's benefit, but so that others can follow. 1: These two...

3 months ago

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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)

RE: Renewables & Heat Pumps in the News

News Update from DESNZ. They've decided to extend the ECO4 scheme.

3 months ago

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Renewables News

RE: My NIBE ASHP Nightmare: No Commissioning, High Bills and a Hostile Installer

Mike, I suggest you order a set of cheap digital temperature units with remote probes.These from Amazon would be fine; and would arrive tomorrow (Sund...

3 months ago

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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)

RE: Reliable, easy to use home battery options

Let me point out that the core reason for the development of BMS units which can address 22 cells is to handle different cell chemistries. Lithium T...

3 months ago

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Energy Storage

RE: My NIBE ASHP Nightmare: No Commissioning, High Bills and a Hostile Installer

Mike - You have two District Councillors for your ward: Go to this page and you'll be able to find their email addresses. Councillor Cathy Conno...

3 months ago

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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)

RE: My NIBE ASHP Nightmare: No Commissioning, High Bills and a Hostile Installer

When I wanted glulam beams for my farmhouse restoration/extension, I used Lamisell near Okehampton.Their own specification engineer phoned from Hollan...

3 months ago

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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)

RE: My NIBE ASHP Nightmare: No Commissioning, High Bills and a Hostile Installer

Volumisers were discussed here in great detail in this topic with diagrams That link takes you straight to the graphics on page-3, but you'll proba...

3 months ago

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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)

RE: My NIBE ASHP Nightmare: No Commissioning, High Bills and a Hostile Installer

Ditto that for Building Regulations @mike-camelot Installation of a heating system falls under Part-L of the Building Regs, and Sectio...

3 months ago

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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)

RE: Midea ASHP Issues with Smart Home App losing connectivity with the Wall Unit

Feel free to start a new topic on this.... and 'tag' me if you do. Lack of public awareness on energy issues is a serous problem. A customer can't...

3 months ago

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