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RE: Why are ASHP installs so expensive?
By Batpred, 4 weeks ago |
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| Agreed. There´s another aspect that could eventually provide an incentive. The ratio of electricity to gas prices. If this is reduced, then we could have more cases where the reduction in the energy ... | ||
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RE: Why are ASHP installs so expensive?
By Mars, 4 weeks ago |
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| @rob-of-york I think this gets right to the heart of the problem, because I’m increasingly unconvinced that the answer is simply "make the grant bigger and install more heat pumps". A gas boiler looks... | ||
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RE: Why are ASHP installs so expensive?
By Rob of York, 4 weeks ago |
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| While heat pump installs remain expensive (before BUS grant) compared to gas boilers, how can we ever get to the take up needed to transition the majority of homes? While early adopters with serious m... | ||
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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself
By Mars, 4 weeks ago |
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| @gz00, welcome to the forums. There’s a huge amount of practical experience here from homeowners who’ve been through this themselves, so you should find plenty to get stuck into. When you’re ready, st... | ||
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RE: Home energy storage & battery register
By Jimcub, 4 weeks ago
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| 1 fox ess lv5200 batteries, plus 2 more waiting to be installed giving 15Kw | ||
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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself
By JamesPa, 4 weeks ago |
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| Welcome. Feel free to ask any questions and can I suggest you read this introduction to get you started. | ||
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RE: Why are ASHP installs so expensive?
By Batpred, 4 weeks ago |
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| A great discussion, clearly a wide range of additional costs for a heatpump install vs gas boilers: from Building, Design, Electrical/Controls, Equipment, Payments management, Plumbing, Reg/methodolog... | ||
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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself
By gz00, 4 weeks ago |
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| Hi, I'm Andy and new to the forum. I came across a few YouTube videos and started reading the info on the site. What a great reservoir of information. In a month or 2 I will be moving to a new bungalo... | ||
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RE: Heat Pump deployment statistics: June 2026
By JamesPa, 4 weeks ago |
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| @l8again Unfortunately the government is, I suspect, hemmed in by long term contracts and of course global markets. It's almost bound to take a long while for policy to turn into reality unless ther... | ||
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RE: Heat Pump deployment statistics: June 2026
By L8Again, 4 weeks ago |
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| From Carbonbrief.org: ‘the government is taking a more measured approach with two steps that will weaken – but not completely sever – the link between gas and electricity prices. From 1 July 2026, th... | ||
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RE: Heat Pump deployment statistics: June 2026
By JamesPa, 4 weeks ago |
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| Indeed. I'm not sure if more recent contracts have changed that model, I have a feeling they might have done so bit not absolutely sure. There is a reasonable argument that our real problem is that g... | ||
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RE: Missing flow temperature in Heat Geek proposal
By Toodles, 4 weeks ago |
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| @jamespa My RFQ went out to 20 companies via email; in this mail I specified make of HP I had in mind, detailed lack of space for a conventional DHW tank and my need for a heat battery system (Sunamp)... | ||
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