JohnMo

Some heat pump basics CoP is the coefficient of performance, basically how much energy you put in compared to how much energy you get out. The higher the temperature of the water the lower the CoP (not good). So low temperature water flow is good. For low water flow temps, you need big radiators or UFH. You also need an oversized hot water cylinder as you only heat it to about 48degs. The higher your home's heat demand, the more difficult it is to implement a high efficiency system. It can be done. Just be careful with sales men, you pay the bills when they've moved on and are nowhere to be found.

It's an argument for a large system volume and low flow temps. Over calculation of heat demand is not good, as system has less room to modulate to lower setting.

The more surface area you have of radiators the lower the temperature needs to be to get the same heat output. Also water volume is good for heat pumps. Other question is do you need to size the system for -10 degrees?

Are you asking them for quote or are they making contact with you - cold calling?

You can use a Combi in a small, medium or large house. You can get very good flow out of a combi if it big enough and you choose the right one. Performance varies quite a lot.

I altered your wall U value, to 0.22 and it puts the heat loss at -10 degC at 1096W. Which sounds about right. Some perspective, my house 192m2 single storey, whole house heat loss is 3088W

The other is measure the flow and return pipe temperature and adjust each loop to have the same temperature difference. But ABAs will be easier. UFH is generally slow to respond.

I would use no doors, just use the area of the external walls and windows. Floor u value? What's your insulation, have a play with something like this, others available. https://www.recticelinsulation.com/en-gb/u-value-calculator

Forgot to mention once set you may have to adjust to compensate for the floor covering. That should be the flow for the lowest out side air temp

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So LL, meant to type 'all' Ceiling, just use 0.1m2 for area to keep the calculation from throwing a miss calculation. Floor just assume it settles to 8 degrees the same as the ground above the shop. Then make an alteration to compensate for the area of the bike shed, which will cool to your lowest temperature.

It does LL the white cells. Just size to suit room. Assume internal walls have no heat loss, as they are heated on the other side.

You have the spreadsheet, so easy enough to calculate. U value is 1/R, so R of 4.5 is 0.22 U value. Double glazed window U value 1.4, single glazed U value 5.

This will tell you your mean flow temp. Mean flow temp half your delta T between flow and return taken away from the flow temp. House total loss divided by UFH area. To get W/m2. Get your pipe spacing a draw a line, as illustrated.

What are you trying to do, how many UFH zones do you intend to use. How thick is your screed?

Definitely think sitting on your hands is the way to go

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Ask the installer what he plans to do what parts are replaced etc.

You really need the heating and boiler capable of giving different temperatures for DHW heating and central heating, otherwise it's pretty much a waste of time. If you set it up well it may be worth while. For WC to work properly you run the heating 24/7 with a setback of a couple degrees overnight. So ideally you heat DHW at night when the boiler isn't doing much work.

I used spray foam, then a coat of CT1 adhesive/sealer

I'm with Dave on this keep it simple. Operate as a single zone, single thermostat controlling pump. Manual valves, will allow you balance any temperature difference provided by each loop. Self balancing actuators will run at a set delta T so may not add any value in this situation. I would use a wireless thermostat then once the heating is functioning you can move the thermostat about to find its best location.

All u values look too good. Your min temp in Jan is only +3.2, so no frosts ever?

Quick look. Floor u value, looks low unless you have 200mm of insulation in the floor Wall looks too low also based on their value you have talked about. Wall area looks extremely low for a three storey building.

Looking at you new thread, the areas don't match the areas you have in the heating spreadsheet. The heating spread, should be the total, floor looks ok, but roof and walls seems very small. Maybe post the heating spreadsheet on the other thread.

I would check the your areas and u values, and window and door sizes.