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You raise a really good point - thank you If you mean those officials who partied whilst the country was locked down - we should trust them right? Or perhaps you mean the officials who line their pockets on PPE equipment that was effectively useless - we should definately trust them? Or maybe the Media who with a country locked down and little in the way of revenue from advertising eagerly lapped up the official advertising revenue - totally trustworthy? Or maybe we should trust the businesses that profited from the lack of competition - supermarkets that could sell anything v small retailers that had to shut their doors - we should trust them? Nothing passed the sniff test for me during covid - if it passed yours then fine - you do you I'll do me Earlier contributor calling me a conspiracy theorist for having views that they didn't agree with is pretty much the way of the world - Everyone I don't agree with is Hitler. On average 1,600 people die a day in the UK yet the national news outlets during covid announcing 50 deaths from (or with) Covid like it was an extra-ordinary event I was labelled an "anti vaxer" for not "getting vacinated" - I'm not and have never have been anti vax - my reason was specific - having a holiday in North Vietnam on the Chinese boarder in very late 2019 I caught something that knocked me sideways and took me 3 months to recover - My reasoning for not getting vaccinated was simple - damn sure I've had Covid so why do I need a vaccination for something that didn't kill me and I'm pretty sure my body would recognise quicker next time - that's how post infection immunity works. (I do hate the term natural immunity as it implies you have it like a blessing from god or some other crap) Of course in 2019 it couldn't be Covid - it didn't exist then because everyone in authority says it didn't exist. Never had it since and during the pandemic working in my industry unfortunately I had to test for it a lot. PS I didn't get to enjoy the summer sitting at home on 80% salary - that would have been nice and I can understand why some would have a rose tinted view of the pandemic and the massive over-reach of the Government. Anyway That's my last contribution to the conversation around Covid in this thread.

Regarding Covid (Which was what I was referring to) quite a few obvious ones Pretty sure you don't need me to point them out It wasn't a "lab leak" but from a wet market from someone eating an uncooked Pangolin We were told there was no such thing as "natural immunity" - only the vaccine can end the pandemic (Post infection based immunity has served mankind effectively since the very beginning - to deny that is crazy) Minimal risks to the Vaccine - yeah that worked out well. Covid risk to the elderly and those with co-comorbidities was as high as a bad flu season but we never previously locked down for that what was different for Covid. The risks from the vaccines increased as they vaccinated younger and younger people but the benefits from vaccination weren't there to justify the vaccination but they still carried on. Masks and social distancing were based on science Lock down was the only answer - the vilification of the Great Barrington Declaration and the authors who dared to question the official narrative and suggest a more moderate path. The increases deaths post pandemic can easily be explained by the shutdown of the NHS for a large number of screening processes and focus on one aspect. In short my view is simple "The Cure was worse than the disease" Problem is those in government will never allow that to be a conclusion (It doesn't matter which colour rosette they wear).

I'm quite impressed it's been "foamed" - most window/door fitters bang in the window or door and then cover the gap with a bit of trim held there by a thin bead of silicone I think most "Expanding Foam" products break down with UV so left exposed like that it will degrade over time - so needs covering with suitable silicone/mastic I especially like that the packers are still in place!!!!

I have no doubt that man on this earth has had an influence on the climate - can we reverse it - maybe - should we try absolutely? However is the current path the right one? Can we discuss this? No......... What I really have an issue with is trust in authority (AKA Government) and MSM is broken and their reaction to Covid caused it - it was pretty shakey before but Covid broke it - utterly broke it in my opinion - I'm sure other opinions are equally valid What broke it - the total suppression of discussion - there was no alternative opinion or direction of travel allowed What was it Elizabeth Arden Said "We are your one point of truth - nothing except what we say is true" Jesus Christ!!! How many statements have been proven to be be false How many conspiracy theory's ridiculed are now grounded in fact Good luck all because IMO this is all going to end very very badly and no one in power is going to be happy about that

Absolutely

When there is no room for discussion and opposing viewpoints are shut down people are silent for fear of being labelled - they voice their opinion in the only way they can at the ballot box and stick a very large two fingers up to the establishment. I can see that happening in the UK and a complete bunch of fruit cakes standing for reform being given the keys to the bus!!!!

It’s how the USA got Trump (twice) - food for thought? If you have seen it before sorry now replace Trump with Climate Change or Covid - the video works for both

Politics, climate change and Covid are three subjects where the populations view has been polarised by the media and now the vast majority sit in two camps with hardened views and no discussion is going to change either sides point of view…….. Quite sad really

I've actually found an alternative 117 litre cyl (copper and vented like current system) But it has a 2m2 surface area coil https://pirateheatingsupplies.com/product/ultra-high-recovery-117-litre-vented-hot-water-cylinder-900-x-450/ Only downside is the heat loss is a bit steep compared to modern encased cylinders

Then we are going to need to work out which is better PHEX first and then HW Cyl Coil before return to the boiler or viki verki?

Oh I'm sure they will work - just not much better than what I have which is definitely not a heat pump compatible cyl

I'm not adverse to picking up things second hand but at a good price, However the chances of an ASHP compatible indirect HW tank fitted with a 3m2 surface area coil and a volume capacity of 125 to 150 litres appearing on Ebay, gumtree or FB Market place would have some serious odds against it happening

Yes wise words - same would apply to replacing the boiler when the previous one worked (but was 15 years old), HW tank (currently 14 years old), circulation pump (was 20 years old) and many other items - none of them will recover the costs in terms of savings (well except maybe the pump because the old grunfoss pump was a watt hungry little bugger. However from my own perspective I'm getting close to retirement so currently trying to mimimise extraordinary household expenses in retirement by choosing wisely whilst I have the disposable income to facilitate the purchases. Of course I can never eliminate all potential expensive surprises in retirement but if I get the main ones done I'll feel a lot happier with a far lower income stream

I agree everything has compromises I could settle for heating less water more frequently but efficiently heating full tank more efficiently in a shorter time frame without resorting to 80 deg flow temps due to coil surface are of 0.25 m2 (best guess) or something in between

Provided work doesn’t intervene (and it shouldn’t) put me down as attending please

Try here - no experience of the company just the first place that seemed to have a decent range after a google search https://www.handlesandhinges.co.uk/12-fire-escape-and-easy-clean-upvc-window-hinges/

I did some thermal images around the house (inside and out) last winter basically all external walls to see if I had any “leaky” areas it showed an issue under the gas meter box (on the right) but not the electricity box (on the left) it also showed another area that needs looking at on the other side of the house where potentially the insulation has compressed or sunk

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Nice that the window has click to centre hinges - makes life easy to clean the outside of the window and frame - we have the same and our windows are from 1995

Yes agreed - perhaps some “gains” could be made with a tweak here an there perhaps circuit is fitted with lockshield with in built restriction I’ve seen some with ~8mm internal path Or maybe the house is piped with first rad on the flow being the last to return and last rad on the flow being the first rad on the return (system would be balanced without any lockshield intervention)

In fairness @HughF was giving advice based on his experience with ASHP which probably has 3 times the flow rate but I do agree bad advice for a gas boiler set up

what @SimonD said I’m currently using Drayton TRV4 bodies with 6 flow rate settings so lockshield end is fully open I moved to TRV4 bodies because my system was a bit of a pig to balance on cheap lockshields and to put decent lockshields with decent linear flow rates on (IME ones) was as much cost as buying TRV4 bodies. I’ve now got Danfoss RB-2 TRV bodies to fit (which is what I should have fitted in the first place) because 1. a few rooms I need between setting on the TRV4 bodies (example is a room on 3 is just a little too low a flow rate but 4 is too high) when using a setting with too high a flow rate the dT across the rad drops - the room exceeds target temp and the TRV intervenes which on weather comp I don’t want it to. when using a setting with too low a flow rate the dT accross the rad increases but the room target temp is not achieved the Danfoss ones have a finer level of control with from memory 15 presets. The Danfoss app is a breeze to use. I would have bought the Drayton equivalent but they stated they are not suitable for temps below 45 Deg C when I asked them to update their app to cover lower flow temps - Danfoss are OK with temps down to 35 so I got them

I did specifically say "Boiler Power" Perhaps I should have qualified the statement with "Gas Boiler Power" But it does illustrate the increase in flow required when running an ASHP

Quick look that the Ideal esprit eco 30 Install manual and it needs a min of 17.4 Litres per min for CH However I would expect that the boiler has been sized for HW demand rather than heating demand so it might be worth range rating the output on CH if it's possible (Min output is 6.1 kW and max is 24.2 kW on CH)

And there my dear chap is the significant reason why it works absolutely fine for you - ASHP and dT of 3 Deg - heating at low temps and weather comp for the flow temp adjustment - Very likely that your heat pump flows a fair chunk of water On a gas boiler running higher flow temps - you only want the flow that keeps the boiler happy and not over shooting the set point Real rough and ready rule of thumb is 1 litre of flow (per min) for every kW of boiler power