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    Is the Renewables Industry Pricing Out Its Own Customers?

    I could but have so many other things going on and time is the enemy. It’s not even about doing it myself, as a couple of companies have been great. But the majority want the pay us first approach. This was more awareness and hearing about other peoples experiences.
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    Is the Renewables Industry Pricing Out Its Own Customers?

    I’m in the middle of a deep retrofit with extensions and a full suite of sustainable technologies—ASHP, DHW, UFH, MVHR, solar, batteries, air‑con, the lot. What’s surprised me most isn’t the technology, but how difficult it is to get even a basic cost indication from many installers. Across the...
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    Whole‑House Renovation: Need Real‑World Advice on ASHP + Fan Coils + MVHR Integration

    Hi all, I’m in the middle of a full‑scale renovation of a very tired property — original 40‑year‑old fan boiler, vented cylinder, single‑glazed metal windows, the lot. The house is being stripped back to brick with new floors, ceilings, EWI, cavity insulation, new roof, the works. I’ve been...
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    Orange Bath Water - F&E Tank Overflow Going into CWST?

    Hey Rob, sounds about right, I remember my parents house as a child and the F&E tank was placed lower, makes sense. There is no water coming out of the curved expansion pipe whilst the CH is running. I ended up flushing the entire system again today and placed a cover over the CWSC and moved...
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    Orange Bath Water - F&E Tank Overflow Going into CWST?

    Thanks, how would I even start to find a blockage in the system? I installed a magnaclean a couple of weeks ago which has been collecting all the magnite, I also added Sentinel X800 rapid cleaner about 3 weeks ago and drained after a week, then added X400 into the system, which I must have...
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    Orange Bath Water - F&E Tank Overflow Going into CWST?

    Moved into a new house a little over 4 weeks ago and the plumbing here is driving me nuts!!! It's an open vent system, with a cold water storage tank and an F&E tank placed above it. Boiler is a Gloworm Ultimate 40FF, which has been plumbed as a gravity HW and Pumped CH with 4 pipes to the...
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    Need to optimise gravity HW & pumped CH system

    Hi all, I've just moved in to a new house and would like to optimise / update the heating system without spending a fortune as we will be planning to renovate and strip out the system in a couple of years with something new. As it is today, the system comprises of the following components, going...
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