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Summary of his recommendations:-
* Run the heating continuously during cold spells
* Always run the hot water continuously
* Heat all your rooms - leaving rooms unheated doesn't save money overall as it risks condensation damage and can lower the overall efficiency of condensing boilers
* Turn your boiler output down until your hot water drops below 60 degrees, then leave set it one notch above this (aiming for 70 degrees boiler output)
* TRVs are a nuisance and should be left fully open - steady heat is better to improve condensing boiler efficiency
Agree with him? Absolute rubbish? Discuss!
To be fair to him some of his arguments were based on total cost to home-owner rather than the government's green propaganda that tends to focus on CO2 output only. He is trying to factor in some unintended consequences like damp in unheated rooms.
Edit: the title should end "controversial?" but the forum keeps truncating it for some reason.
Summary of his recommendations:-
* Run the heating continuously during cold spells
* Always run the hot water continuously
* Heat all your rooms - leaving rooms unheated doesn't save money overall as it risks condensation damage and can lower the overall efficiency of condensing boilers
* Turn your boiler output down until your hot water drops below 60 degrees, then leave set it one notch above this (aiming for 70 degrees boiler output)
* TRVs are a nuisance and should be left fully open - steady heat is better to improve condensing boiler efficiency
Agree with him? Absolute rubbish? Discuss!
To be fair to him some of his arguments were based on total cost to home-owner rather than the government's green propaganda that tends to focus on CO2 output only. He is trying to factor in some unintended consequences like damp in unheated rooms.
Edit: the title should end "controversial?" but the forum keeps truncating it for some reason.