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Yes, communication across the National Smart Meter Network is bi-directional. That's how those on Octopus' ToU tariffs receive the tariff-data every...
Normal for a heat-pump is running continuously.That's what it's designed to do, and you'll achieve a COP of 3 or above. Heating intermittently, on d...
Girlfriends operate differently. They absorb warmth through tactile conduction. If you're out, tell her to lie down on the tiled floor surface.She...
@newhouse87 this suggestion from @william1066 is due to the way in which heat is transferred into the room the way in which the human body percei...
OK; so whatever level of educational establishment you work in, it must be embarrassingly obvious that there simply isn't enough knowledge and underst...
I don't think that provides a fair assessment of the issues being faced by @newhouse87 1: On this site the LWT is currently over 48°C, not 35°C 2:...
Ah... so are you telling us that you're a self-builder, but that you sub-contracted the design and installation of the heating system to a 3rd-party?
Yes, tiles are good conductors. 🙂 Do you know if the concrete pads have a thermal break (of insulation) in the rooms where they abut an external wa...
I'm not sure that the floor area of the room is the most significant factor. The mass of the concrete pad, the floor surface which covers it and the...
It's not common to have any manual adjustment on an UFH manifold like that. Don't start unscrewing red rings unless you are completely certain of wh...
Thanks. So I can see the white mains-powered thermal actuators on the lower (flow) level of the manifolds, and the flow-gauges on the return side. ...
Yes, it will certainly interfere! Every room requires its own stat/timer. If your manifold allows the flow-rate to be changed, then by all means d...
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