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  Two years ago I decided we would install a 7kW panasonic monoblock unit (Aquera J series) into our house. A releatively simple decision I thought. On site today and the plumber said that all his recent installs over the last year have been split units. Nobody installs monoblocks any more he said and suggested I review my heat pump decsion. Which is fair enough. I had always thought the split units were for larger unit seeking higher temps, and the split unit brings the noise of the compressor inside. Plumber says the split units have smaller holes in the wall and no chance of freezing. I understand the difference between split and mono, but is the monoblock really dead? Another thing that has made me stop and think, as well as plumber comments, is that Panasonic lateset series K and L series, all now seem to be split units. I've not been keeping up with latest ASHP technical developements for the last couple of years. Is the monoblock really dead, or should I stick with my original simple choice (and keep the compressor noise outside) ?
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  Typically needles penetrate the building in the room above the room where the steel is being installed. Yes they are disruptive and result in more remedial works but they are a significantly more robust and safer method of providing temporary support vs strongboys particularly in wide openings such as yours. No doubt strongboys and back propping joisting is used also by some, ultimately it's your call.
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  By Bladders · Posted 33 minutes ago
  
  I have searched about to see if you can substitute padstones for steel reinforced lintels and I couldn't find anything definite. This would be useful as I will be removing 2 such lintels from the single doorway that is already present. Regarding needling through. Yeah I've considered this but the RSJs need to go hard up to as close the the existing ceiling as possible so the needles would be in the way of where the RSJ will need to be. Thanks all for your useful insights.
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  I’m a podcast addict, I’ll get stuck in to that one when I’ve finished with the rather weak ‘Big Green Money Show’ and report back.
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  By nod · Posted 38 minutes ago
  
  Plus 1 Needles are by far the easiest and safest If you have a Stihl saw You can cut a lintel into four to save buying padstones
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