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Unfortunately, we can no longer avoid the roof tiles, unless we feel like dealing with delays and/or a penalty. Someone is walking around the construction site and snitching, unfortunately. It was the same with the neighbor.

Now it depends on the window color. We don't want white since the facade is already white; windows in anthracite probably don't match the roof. That's why I was hoping for pictures here.

Ours are darker.

Do you really have to cover the roof so brightly? I would consider a different facade color than white... is that still possible?

A heat pump with good hydraulic balancing and properly adjusted does not need ERR and runs all year round (also in the transitional months) at the optimal performance point and handles the rest by itself....

Scenario 1: Winter day, 0°C with sun at noon.

Living room facing south with glass front, kitchen facing north. How does your heat pump manage without ERR to prevent the living room from getting boiling hot or the kitchen from being too cold?

Maybe the Viessmann Blablubb-Eco-XX with smartphone app control and weather service connection in cooperation with the smart home central unit and photovoltaic yield measurement based on the battery storage charge level and Alexa presence detector can also control without ERR, but a simple thermostatic valve thing is easier. Yes, I know, "self-regulation" of the underfloor heating – but it is at least just as sluggish as the underfloor heating itself and only works moderately well.

However, at the latest during raclette meals or cooking with friends, or other heat input that cannot be predicted based on the outside temperature, your central control (without regulation based on room temperature) will fail, even with the "self-regulation effect of the underfloor heating." The house will not burn down, no one will freeze, and no building damage will occur, but it is simply uncomfortable. And if you see what is sometimes spent here for particularly fancy tile designs, stair railings, garage doors, or KNX systems, the comfort gain per euro with an additional ERR is quite large.

Wow! The first picture after 3 pages of text in the picture thread...

Well, you didn't contribute a picture either with your statement :-P : unfortunately I can't help you either, we have Braas anthracite

Just take light gray windows, that looks really great.

Scenario 1: Winter day, 0°C with sun at midday.

Living room facing south with glass front, kitchen facing north. How does your heat pump manage without ERR to prevent the living room from becoming boiling hot or the kitchen from getting too cold?

Maybe the Viessmann Blablubb-Eco-XX with app control from the smartphone and weather service connection in cooperation with the smart home central unit and photovoltaic yield measurement based on the battery storage charge level and Alexa presence detector can control it even without ERR, but a thermostat valve thing is simpler.
Yes, I know, “self-regulation” of the underfloor heating – but it is at least as sluggish as the underfloor heating itself and only works moderately.

But at the latest when having raclette or cooking with friends, or other heat input that is not predictable based on the outside temperature, your central control (without regulation via room temperature) will fail, even with the “self-regulation effect of the underfloor heating.” The house won’t burn down, no one will freeze, and no building damage will be caused, but it is simply uncomfortable. And if you see what is sometimes invested here in special tile designs, stair railings, garage doors, or KNX systems, with an additional ERR the comfort gain per euro is quite large.

All of this has nothing to do with smart home or apps or weather service or whatever... Sorry that I have to put it so bluntly... but you apparently have little to no knowledge of the subject and either cannot or do not want to engage with it. No one spoke of a regulation “without” room temperature; of course, every sensible heating system needs an indoor temperature sensor, but only one. And why do you come up with a self-regulation effect of the underfloor heating? I never spoke of that... I talked about the logic of a heat pump that can work better with a proper hydraulic balancing than with an ERR, where the intentionally warmest room forces all others into throttling. You then have to run a higher flow temperature to bring the one room as warm as you want and turn down all others... wow, very effective.

How do you know that it is uncomfortable? I rather see it as uncomfortable in every transitional period or sunshine when the ERR goes up and down and yet nothing happens because the underfloor heating is too sluggish... haha.

Sorry, I just don’t like it when someone spouts such bar talk and completely unsettles others who are interested in an effective, comfortable heating (without electronic gimmicks).

The ERR is not a comfort gain you can just add on... the ERR is mandatory under the Energy Saving Ordinance... but it’s total nonsense because most don’t know how to operate a heating system properly.

Oh yes, and one more thing: if on a winter day with midday sun you are roasting away in the living room, then you obviously have no idea about proper shading... the heating can’t do anything about that either....