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Apocalypse Then So, yesterday evening I was watching BBC1 "Walking with Dinosaurs".The 'experts' reckon their senses of smell and sight were well ad...
I have years of experience in pulling wires through conduits, gaps below floorboards and timber-framed walls 😊 It's usually sufficient to b...
That's awful! ... and should've been flagged as an Alert by the software when the cylinder-temp readings no longer passed a sanity-check. It's lik...
I think my trouble is that I could easily write a whole manual on the efficiency of home appliances. Yes, I do take great care in selecting which ap...
Sure @matwin - Mars and I can probably fit in writing a manual on domestic power consumption in our copious amount of spare time. 🤔 Fortun...
I agree with you,and thank you for posting that quotation from the Housing Association magazine. Not only are HA occupants the most vulnerable to fu...
I concur. Of the household appliances you've listed, the tumble drier is the one most likely to be eating electricity. Cooking by electricity is p...
I agree with @bontwoody - your EPC-band isn't necessarily a fair indicator of how appropriate it is to install a heat-pump. After all, you can incre...
OK. Next question: Given your mention of mobility issues, would you need to be hiring in all labour required to undertake building works, insulation...
Hi @rocky-a and thank you for joining us here. There are a great many options for you, and I hope we don't needlessly restrict these at this early ...
To some extent...... but the energy required by a heat pump is steady and predictable. Your longer-term solution of adding more battery capacity...
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