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  Yeah we had similar positivity with quooker several months ago, light weep from one of the joints, and despite being out of warranty, and without quibble, sent out nigh on everything for me to diagnose and replace myself. Wasn't a big job at all, but was a relief when I thought it could become expensive. Very happy with them.
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  Another Quooker service win from us. The filtered/sparkling water had slowed to a trickle, everything else was fine. The filtered was changed about 5 months ago so that surely couldn’t be the issue. Service booked (£125 😬) but only payable after the visit. Engineer arrived, diagnosed a knackered filter, replaced it, zero charge. So, whilst we have had several issues with our Quooker/Cube combination, not all posted here, we have always had a great service and quibble free fix where required. Throughly recommend if you want to spend the excess dosh on one of these appliances.
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  When I studied construction - when there were very few building physics geeks - the library had a whole bookcase documenting experimental buildings technologies that people had tried in an attempt to live off grid or cut their energy bills (carbon emissions weren't a thing). Trombe walls, solar hot water (usually using salvaged radiators), solar chimneys, superinsulation, earth sheltering, water powered generators and plenty more. Most of the people only had a rough clue about what they were doing and how well it would work, not much idea about what to prioritise, nor whether any of it made economic sense. And intuition was the only way of knowing whether or not a brilliant idea from Arizona, Tokyo or Stockholm might have any relevance in Abergavenny, Brighton or Clydebank. The revolution that PHPP brought to this jungle shouldn't be underestimated. It's difficult, for example, to be a member of this forum without knowing about the key ideas it helped popularise - such as airtightness, MVHR, superinsulation and triple glazing - even if there is a case for prioritising ASHP, PV & battery storage (at least in Ireland).
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