Like many with the current weather, looking at some form of AC.
Myself, not looking for a unit fitted in many rooms etc.
The house, a 4 bedroom det. Gas central heating with boiler and HW cylinder and radiators in all rooms controlled by Hive, lounge has full sun and kitchen full shade with a hallway in the center of the house between them.
The hallway has the stairs, which climbs halfway onto a landing then doubles back onto the bedroom floor landing.
As said not looking at multiple room installations, just enough to gentle chill in summer and gentle warmth in winter as and when needed.
Thought of a single unit fitted above the middle landing window, serving ground floor in summer and 1st floor in winter as cold air drops and warm air rises.
Read that pre-filled units can be installed as DIY, providing the supplied pipes are not tampered with. So in fitting the wall unit as where intended and the pump externally at ground level at the distance needed by the length of the supplied pipes.
In doing that would I still need a F cert installer and would the positioning of the wall unit be ok, with all the rules and regs etc. Is this feasible or should I look at ground floor in hallway which could be more difficult for the pipe runs etc.
How would you calculate the approx btu required bearing in mind, not looking for full on chill.
Myself, not looking for a unit fitted in many rooms etc.
The house, a 4 bedroom det. Gas central heating with boiler and HW cylinder and radiators in all rooms controlled by Hive, lounge has full sun and kitchen full shade with a hallway in the center of the house between them.
The hallway has the stairs, which climbs halfway onto a landing then doubles back onto the bedroom floor landing.
As said not looking at multiple room installations, just enough to gentle chill in summer and gentle warmth in winter as and when needed.
Thought of a single unit fitted above the middle landing window, serving ground floor in summer and 1st floor in winter as cold air drops and warm air rises.
Read that pre-filled units can be installed as DIY, providing the supplied pipes are not tampered with. So in fitting the wall unit as where intended and the pump externally at ground level at the distance needed by the length of the supplied pipes.
In doing that would I still need a F cert installer and would the positioning of the wall unit be ok, with all the rules and regs etc. Is this feasible or should I look at ground floor in hallway which could be more difficult for the pipe runs etc.
How would you calculate the approx btu required bearing in mind, not looking for full on chill.
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