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| MadScientist:
--- Quote ---No. I have been in the cold longer due to a boiler failing compared to district heating. Especially modern boilers are prone to failures due to the electronics. The fact is that the district heating systems are well maintained (preventive maintenance) and with crews on standby to fix problems. Spare parts readily available because the installation is highly standarised. Try to find a plumber to fix your boiler in the middle of the winter... Over here many won't help you if you don't have a service contract. In addition: larger district heating networks have multiple heat sources and are setup using rings so there is redundancy. --- End quote --- Then you have crap home heating I’ve now had 6 heating systems over four houses two gas based 4 oil fired ,downtime has been negligible amongst zero hours over 40 years. I have friends in a “eco “ district heating projects which was completely abandoned due to service failures and unreliability and arguments over shared cost replacements With solar pv beginning to dominate district style communal heating is dead as a Dodo |
| Marco:
--- Quote from: MadScientist on January 17, 2023, 03:43:18 am ---District hearing as a new install is dead no one is considering it outside some weird legacy projects --- End quote --- A system like I'm proposing is being considered in Greenwich. Though I doubt they are doing the triple loop, even though I think it makes a ton of sense. Most of the cost is in the ground work and using domestic hot water temperatures for heating in homes which don't need it is wasteful, if you do two loops you might as well do a third for chilled water for AC in the summer. https://www.installeronline.co.uk/team-of-experts-lead-ground-breaking-greenwich-ground-source-heat-pump-study/ |
| tom66:
--- Quote from: MadScientist on January 17, 2023, 03:43:18 am ---District hearing as a new install is dead no one is considering it outside some weird legacy projects --- End quote --- That's not even slightly true, the UK government is issuing grants for new installs, and proposing making it a requirement for new build estates over a certain # of houses. |
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