SteamyTea

Like everything in life, pick your battles carefully, choose something that is easy, a bit different, and impresses. I also do it for a living.

Too true. If I cook my signature dish in a £50k posh kitchen, it tastes the same as if I do it on my £12 camping stove. Teas tastes the same out of my 4 quid kettle as it does out of my mates 50 quid one.

Timber and carpet (especially with underlay) are both good insulators. Does the area with tile and stone perform better? And is the downstairs circuit definitely at the 35°C to 37°C, or is that the main flow temperature? You don't really want to go too high on the UFH temperature as it hurts the CoP, and rather defeats the object of UFH.

I am more than happy with my Russell Hobbs. No idea what they do in larger sized ones. They all basically work the same, simple oscillator, a power transformer, some capacitors and the inductor. Making sure there is adequate ventilation for the clever bits probably makes the biggest difference to the reliability.

Assume it was to building regs for when the house was built. That will impede the power the UFH can deliver. Try taking the rugs away for a day or two, see if it improves.

When did the pictures on Page 3 change.

This may be a bit hard to establish, but if there is minimum insulation under the slab, and the pipes are quite deep down, heat will be leaking to the ground. How much, as a percentage of the floor, is covered by rugs and sofas?

Ask @pocster, he has views on CT1.

Yes. Used to install them. The worse job I have ever done was cleaning out the DE filter at the YMCA Sheffield. I still try not to think what those young men got up to. (quite often had to replace sauna benches because 'staff used to play about' in them)

I used to look at your office when I was lecturing from the tower block.

I think I know when "When did the United Kingdom start going wrong" Was 1975, when I moved here.

Yes I get the same feeling if I have to spend more than an hour passing though Devon.

Depends on the numbers. 88888 makes no difference But 9999 does

Do you really think anyone will visit you.

Me to, at least the electrons have a closer path to the heart.

I had my testicles checked. Not sure why it was necessary to be a tool maker. They left my tool alone.

Being left handed is probably just as risky.

https://forums.digitalspy.com/discussion/994866/due-to-an-unrepealed-law-it-is-legal-to-kill-a-welshman-with-a-longbow-in-york I learnt to drive in a LHD car, on the RHS of the road. Does that mean a white car is better than any other colour (or should that be color).

Why would you need to adjust heating when you are not there, who benefits from that? I got burgled in daylight.

Yep, just give me some cash and I shall tell you what I want to install. Seriously. You need to decide what you want automated, above and beyond what you can already do. So if you need to switch lights on when you are away, that can be fitted, if you want to turn your heating down, when you are away, that can be fitted. But have a real hard think about what is important to you. My personal view is that it is all a nonsense, technology looking for a use.

That looks like a good idea, low wattage and fairly cheap to buy, cheers Oh, it works in the far infra red. At 350 W, 4 old light bulbs would give off more power.

Welcome. First thing to know when it comes to heating, is the heat load needed. This can be either measured with a known heat source, two thermometers and a stop watch. Or calculated from first principles if you know all the details about the construction i.e wall, window/door, floor and ceiling/roof u-values. It is always worth doing this anyway, it takes the guess work out of it.

That is a second hand unit. I would expect the price to be a lot lower.

That is an interesting problem.