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15/02/2025 11:20 pm  

@pressure sounds like a positive outcome and glad you’re happy with it so far. Keep us posted on your progress and whether running costs are better than with your old unit.

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16/02/2025 5:30 pm  

@pressure very interesting read - thanks for posting. A lot of us will have such decisions in coming years. Hopefully mine is still 10 years away.. LG installed 2020.

How did you decide on 9kw? Did you do heat loss calcs as if new install? Of use actual data from existing heat pump? Or??

Mine is currently 16kw which I think is probably about "right size" on paper but with the way we run with cooler bedrooms and some other rooms also cooler I suspect we could drop to something like 10 or 12 kw.

I don't know how much improvement there might be to COP over the years?

 

This post was modified 3 months ago by Tim441

Listed Grade 2 building with large modern extension.
LG Therma V 16kw ASHP
Underfloor heating + Rads
8kw pv solar
3 x 8.2kw GivEnergy batteries
1 x GivEnergy Gen1 hybrid 5.0kw inverter
Manual changeover EPS
MG4 EV


   
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Topic starter 29/03/2025 11:18 am  

I settled on 9 kw after:

1. Doing heat loss calcs using free online calculators to give me an idea of the likely requirement

2. the installer got a proper, detailed calculation done based on the house plans etc. 

In the end the calcs said 8kw would work but the 9 kw model has a back up immersion heater, which recent experience indicated we definitely need!

I think the new system is more efficient but I won’t have the data to demonstrate that properly for a few months. It’s been quiet and trouble free so far.

This post was modified 2 months ago by Pressure

Built house with 16kw gen-1 Daikin heat pump in 2008. Installed replacement 3rd-gen 9kw Daikin heat pump 2025. 5.6kw solar. Heat recovery and ventilation. UFH. Massive insulation.


   
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