On Sat, 15 Feb 2020 19:38:09 +0000, Andrew
wrote:

On 14/02/2020 15:08, Mike Halmarack wrote:
On Thu, 13 Feb 2020 19:47:24 +0000, Andrew
wrote:

On 13/02/2020 12:53, Mike Halmarack wrote:
On 13 Feb 2020 12:13:32 GMT, Tim+ wrote:

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Curious. What do you do for hot water for the rest of your hot taps? How
long have you lived there? How many folk have caught Legionella from their
HW systems in your flats?

Kettle.
No Legionella sufferers here, so far. It's that the management company
sent a document warning of the dangers and stating that it was the
leaseholder's responsibility to ensure that water in the pipes was
above 60C.

If this isn't a hot water system serving the whole block, why should
they care ?.

I dunno, they seem quite careing in many ways. Maybe it's because they
can be sacked by the freehold shareholders on a vote at the AGM..

If it is a copper cylinder in your flat with copper pipes connecting
to the hot taps then the copper is a biocide anyway.

Just make sure it is well lagged and get one of those Smiths
timers that gives it an hour a day to get it up to temp and then
use the hot water for whatever.

That's the current plan, in fact it's in operation except for the
extra lagging, which is on order.

If you have economy 7 electric,
make sure it comes on during the off peak period.

We were on Economy 7 as a carry over when we moved in. But as the
previous residents had thrown out the night storage heaters in favour
of some trendy panel heaters from Lidl, I changed the tarrif.

Well that was an expensive decision. Have you looked into those
new versions of storage heaters that are supposed to be more
efficient according to the EU ?.

Yes, they're quite expensive in themselves and the fitting estimate
was a bit of a shocker. Especially as it only cost £500 to take them
out. But £2000 + to put them back in.

An electric shower won't help your condensation and mould problem.

Gave the mould an aspirin and a good dehumidyfying. Never seen a sign
of it since. Though if it does show up I'll present it with the newly
inflated electric bill. That should really scare it off.

I would revert to economy 7 if you can. If you don't have gas then
anything is cheaper that peak rate leccy, apart from an open fire.

I do have this ideal of economy 7 and night storage heaters but it's
unlikely to happen.

This place has a large lounge with south facing patio type windows.
The least bit of sunshine, even in winter, has that room's warmth
taken care of for the daytime. The kitchen tends to be self heating.
The "master bedroom" is now a smaller combined computer room/lounge
which can be retreated to on extra cold days for ease of heating. This
leaves the second bedroom, which is small enough to run on body heat
and a frugally employed Lidl electric blanket.
Far from perfect but what the heck.
--

Mike