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Has anyone had a good look through this Strategy to lower Carbon emissions by 2050?
Introduction from the govt website
The heat and buildings strategy sets out the government’s plan to significantly cut carbon emissions from the UK’s 30 million homes and workplaces in a simple, low-cost and...
We are installing solar power irrigation systems for smallholding farmers in Rural Ghana,
We have 12V DC 0.18kW (max 20A) pumps, there only power source will be a voltage varying from 15-20V coming from solar panels.
The boreholes are narrow, therefore is not much room for a float switch...
I'm an end user with limited knowledge of plumbing and just trying to get an understanding of options available to me. We currently have a Valiant Combi Boiler Sealed Unvented Heating system. It was installed 3 years ago and works perfectly well for both CH & HW. Recently we built an...
Has anyone installed / worked with air-to-air heat pumps?
I wonder if their running cost is also high?
There’s no information on running cost and even the people handling the funding pots for Air source heat pumps, are not aware of the costing.
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Are there any Windhager Biowin2 experts who can help me to understand what this means?
I’m fairly sure mine doesn’t have such a mixing valve and not sure what or why one is required.
I’d like to understand before trying to find someone to install what the original installers omitted 8...
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Hi all, my parents have had an air source heat pump installed a couple of years ago and have recently started undergoing refurbishing the house and have had several radiators removed and repositioned, can anyone help with regards to how to top up the system as I know that it has to have a glycol...
I'm building a new house and I have no idea what option to chose for heating/hot water! I've looked at biomass/pellet boilers, electric combi boilers, air source heat pumps and solar panels(combined with an electric boiler) After doing a lot of research (and not understanding some of the...
Hi . I am a DIY trying to reconnect my wetback and solar hot water panels I have had a horizontal outdoor water cylinder made up . Most of the connections are straightforward but I am not sure about the vent at the top . On the old one there was a 2 meter vertical open pipe but I am not sure...
Hello All, newbie here.
I am building a new home on a spacious plot and considering a ground source heat pump instead of air source.
I understand trenches need to be 1.2m deep, 1m wide, and 5m apart.
But how level does the overall site have to be?
My site is on the side of a hill and the...
Hello,
I hope somebody may be able to help. I have a ecodan heat pump system and have no hot water. The controls are set correct but the light for the boiler is blue. Anyone know what I’m going wrong please?
Thank you!!
How can I top up the antifreeze in an ecodan air source heat pump installed 10 years ago?
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My solar thermal system appears to be leaking fluid (pics attached). Could anyone give me an indication of what the issue is likely to be and the potential cost to rectify?
The system was installed in May 2021 and has a flat plate panel on the roof. It works very well generally and...
What are the factors that determine the life of a water tank? Obviously the quality of the water and the materials used to construct the tank are important. But beyond that I'm fuzzy. Is it just the number of gallons of water that pass through it? The number of "fresh" gallons of water that...
Had a email today that maybe of interest to some of you?? Kop
HI everyone,
looking for somewhere i can get spare parts for Nibe F370 1x230V Uk exhaust air heat pump, i need FL1 which is the safety valve assembly but never got parts for one before and not finding anything on google except
www.jsenergi.co.uk/nibe which seem to do all other models except...
Hi everyone, this is my first post. I've recently purchased a home where the prior owners have had some sub-standard work done in the past.
The pipework in the photos is the hot water feed from the solar panels down to the hot water tank. It looks like the copper pipe has been routed quite...
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Can somebody tell me if a standard heat source pump installation uses a pressurized hot water tank? Or will the pressure for the hot water be the same as with my oil boiler and water storage tank (gravity-fed)?
We are installing solar power irrigation systems for smallholding farmers in Rural Ghana,
We have 12V DC 0.18kW (max 20A) pumps, there only power source will be a voltage varying from 15-20V coming from solar panels.
The boreholes are narrow, therefore is not much room for a float switch,
The...
Morning,
Does anybody know what happens to a solar thermal flat panels (a pair on south facing slate roof) that have been unused for at least 12 months possibly year before also. System has been switched of due to loss of pressure. How will last years heat wave conditions have effected the panel...
Is anyone interested in a two butt rain/bathwater/greywater recycling project?
Moved into a new property around 4 years ago with full 15Kw Vaillant Arotherm ASHP setup, after quite a few initial teething problems seems to run well over last couple of years.
Long term just wondering if anyone can advise on servicing (in Berkshire area). Are there any independent specialist...
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