Articles by Argile

In a workshop, a warehouse, or a small commercial building, heating quickly and well changes everything. A warm-air generator can be a simple solution if you size it correctly and address the essentials first, insulation, airtightness, zones to heat. Here, we help you choose a reliable, efficient installation that's easy to maintain on site.

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On site, a heat pump's performance isn't decided by a product sheet, but by a few well-chosen figures. By mastering the seasonal efficiency calculation, you secure your sizing, your settings and your pitch to the client, without getting lost in acronyms. Here, we get straight to the point, with a simple, repeatable method.

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Outdoors, insulating a pipe network is often the detail that avoids callbacks. You gain on two fronts: less heat loss, less risk of freezing and condensation, so fewer breakdowns and service calls. With a few good installation and protection habits, you secure performance without adding extra work for your teams.

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When you need to enter a Ug value in Argile, the hard part isn't the calculation itself, it's staying consistent between manufacturer values, tables, and what you actually enter. With a simple method, you avoid the discrepancies that skew the final result and save time when pricing the job. We'll walk through the right habits, from choosing the value to entering it, without drowning you in technical detail.

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Flue lining comes down to two documents: the flue-work installation standard for how it is fitted, and the EN 1443 designation of the product you install. That designation, six terms read in order, tells you on its own whether the liner will take the temperature, the condensate, the corrosion of the fuel and a chimney fire.

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This article deals with the air-to-water heat pump and underfloor heating pairing from the sizing side only: the output the floor can actually deliver under the applicable caps, the water regime that follows, and the minimum modulated output the machine has to be able to hold. The site work, testing and heat-up, is covered in a separate article.

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Between quotes, job-site constraints and grants, every energy retrofit project demands quick, accurate decisions. An AI assistant designed for tradespeople helps you scope needs, check the key points and prepare your arguments for the client, without drowning you in technicalities. You stay in control, the tool saves you time where it counts.

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Between quotes, invoices, grant applications and tracking your teams, the risk isn't lacking skill, it's losing time retyping the same information everywhere. When everything lives in one place, you gain responsiveness, secure your paperwork, and keep a clear view of the job, from the first estimate to handover.

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In a renovation, heat losses don't always come from large surfaces. A discreet zone above the windows can create a real draft and ruin otherwise well-executed insulation. As a tradesperson, you can gain quickly here: immediate comfort, fewer cold surfaces, and a clean finish that avoids callbacks.

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On a collective biomass boiler room, the project calendar is driven by total rated thermal input, not by the boiler maker's catalogue: above 1 MW the plant enters the classified-installation nomenclature and the file comes before the contracts. The rest comes down to the silo, truck access, and the operating contract, three items that decide whole-life cost far more than the price of the boiler.

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When a client is torn between dry and fluid thermal mass, you're often the one who settles it. It's up to you to turn two closely related technologies into a simple choice, discussing comfort, responsiveness, maintenance and installation constraints. With a few clear benchmarks, you secure the quote and avoid callbacks.

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In 2026, the choice of refrigerant is no longer a minor detail. On site, it can tip a sale between compliance, performance and equipment availability. Between tightening bans and new refrigerants with a lower climate impact, you need a simple benchmark to propose the right solution, without risk to your client or your schedule.

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