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Last seen: Oct 16, 2026
Yes you can do that, you can also send the water first through the FCUs then through the slabs. In both cases the return temperature to the heat pum...
In my previous apartment I put a 10 liter water heater right below the kitchen sink. Instant hot water to the tap, but only 2kW power consumption, muc...
A2A is better at cooling, and has no risk of condensation because the heat is transported as latent not sensible. Condensation only occurs on the heat...
Currently, I send water above the dew point (17°C) into the slabs. The effect is... subtle. In fact I can't really tell whether it's doing anything. Y...
Not my style 🤣 🤣 The installation you're planning looks like the one I'm building (FCUs + UFH) except I'm adding a wood furnace whi...
Hi I'll skip the feedback sandwich 😉 UFH corrugated stainless steel pipe - looks horribly expensive but if money is not an issue then no problem....
Looks like it, but on the other hand, considering how the climate is going, perhaps you won't need heating by then 🤣 That's the whole poi...
Sounds about as reliable as when Daddy Elon says he'll be on Mars by that time. Unless the actual meaning is "95% of the electricity you'll be able ...
On the two huge (10m² each) south facing windows I installed perforated rolling shutters, galvanized steel, painted white. They don't look as good as ...
After solar radiation passes through the window, whether it hits a curtain, wall, floor or any other obstacle indoors the result is the same: heat is ...
Interesting, I'm also going to combine a hydronic fireplace and a heat pump. Currently the heat pump is installed, but the fireplace is still boxed in...
Great news then! If your heat exchanger handles it, then it's going to work fine. It needs to handle enough flow and suck enough thermal power from ...
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@etchedpixels I read something about that years ago. I ...
By RonV. , 22 minutes ago
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RE: Heat pump branding. Clever, contemporary… or a bit too much?
@majordennisbloodnok Those energy pioneers have a lot t...
By Toodles , 38 minutes ago
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This post is about how I successfully configured a buff...
By Tony.Stolz , 3 hours ago
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The installer visited yesterday and suggested the noise...
By JamesChatz , 5 hours ago
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RE: Heat Geek installations: share your experiences
I struggled with this problem as well. An independent t...
By L8Again , 5 hours ago
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RE: HeatGeek vs Octopus surveys: puzzling disparity - any ideas why?
Your house sounds a lot like mine. 2 surveyors each sp...
By JamesPa , 7 hours ago
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RE: Heat Geek Zero Disrupt: Are We Sleepwalking Into Another Race to the Bottom?
Thats true only if you do the wrong experiment. Done c...
By JamesPa , 8 hours ago
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RE: How should the Boiler Upgrade Scheme be reformed?
@temperature_gradient Isn't that just describing a regu...
By Prunus , 8 hours ago
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RE: battery storage without solar
As of October 1st they need specific qualifications to ...
By EtchedPixels , 21 hours ago
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RE: Renewables & Heat Pumps in the News
With regards to the BUS grant raid, I gave it more thou...
By ASHP-BOBBA , 22 hours ago
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RE: Why are ASHP installs so expensive?
The whole system seems to work on the basis of...
By ian33a , 22 hours ago
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RE: Missing flow temperature in Heat Geek proposal
Good plan. If you can get half hourly meter readings a...
By JamesPa , 1 day ago
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RE: Heat Pumps Without Grants: Would You Have Installed One & Will You Now?
@editor Most certainly. The heat pump was an ideal s...
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RE: Does anyone have experience of a smart water meter?
Yep I caught our slow leak from a £100 bill rise 8)
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