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RE: Why are ASHP installs so expensive?
By AndrewJ, 4 weeks ago |
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| Interesting topic. I do think that installs are overpriced because of the grant and it is coupled to homeowner naivety (forum members don’t fall into that but are a minority) and a general expectatio... | ||
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RE: Why are ASHP installs so expensive?
By JamesPa, 4 weeks ago |
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| None at all. There are apparently cases where one person's survey is accepted by others, in fact I will be speaking to someone tomorrow about just that in the context of the 'failed boiler' scenario. ... | ||
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RE: Why are ASHP installs so expensive?
By Majordennisbloodnok, 4 weeks ago |
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| Of course, @jamespa, there’s no theoretical or even practical reason why an independent survey couldn’t be required to give evidence of corroborative cross checking. Where there is good relevant histo... | ||
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RE: Why are ASHP installs so expensive?
By JamesPa, 4 weeks ago |
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| I agree but I dont think providing the underlying assumptions goes far enough, as most people cant really be expected to interrogate them - most people are neither engineers nor scientists and have no... | ||
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RE: Why are ASHP installs so expensive?
By Rob of York, 4 weeks ago |
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| I agree with @majordennisbloodnok that independent surveyors should take responsibility / liability for the accuracy of their heat loss surveys. Then the surveys could form a trusted basis for further... | ||
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RE: Why are ASHP installs so expensive?
By ian33a, 4 weeks ago |
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| @batpred I take your point and, perhaps, your experiences are different to mine: I have a couple of friends, both with an engineering background, who have taken on blind faith what installers and cons... | ||
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RE: Why are ASHP installs so expensive?
By Batpred, 4 weeks ago |
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| I am not sure I agree that most HP buyers do not know much. And nothing tells me they are less likely to know what they want to buy than someone buying a gas boiler. My sense is there was enough bad p... | ||
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