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RE: Are Octopuses Slowing Consumer Adoption of Heat Pumps?

@njt Yes I did. I thought (suspected) there would be an upwards adjustment to the final price as a consequence but knew, if I didn’t like the proposal...

10 months ago
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RE: Are Octopuses Slowing Consumer Adoption of Heat Pumps?

@njt I quote from their terms and conditions at the time of agreeing (and paying for) the design consultation. ‘After your Design Consultation has be...

10 months ago
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RE: Are Octopuses Slowing Consumer Adoption of Heat Pumps?

Received my Heat Geek quote this evening. Very detailed, well laid out, clearly explained, guaranteed efficiency of 390%…and eye wateringly expensive....

10 months ago
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RE: Are Octopuses Slowing Consumer Adoption of Heat Pumps?

@ianmk13 Yes radiators will need replacing, most if not all. Many of them were installed 30 years ago and the plumber basically guessed the sizes when...

10 months ago
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RE: Are Octopuses Slowing Consumer Adoption of Heat Pumps?

A Heat Geek installer came to assess my house today. What a difference from the other surveys, as in the professionalism displayed. He was here for 3 ...

10 months ago
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RE: My horrific Samsung heat pump installation and experience

Dropped into to a newly opened Energy Support Hub run by volunteers this morning to see what they had to offer. There was already someone in there bem...

1 year ago
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RE: Are Octopuses Slowing Consumer Adoption of Heat Pumps?

@gunboatdiplomat A little more complicated. I have one small room that is entirely solid wall, one large room with one wall run that is about 15% soli...

1 year ago
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RE: Are Octopuses Slowing Consumer Adoption of Heat Pumps?

@jamespa I agree it's sensible - now I know what their strategy is and it's not just a huge error. As I posted earlier they will be offering a much la...

1 year ago
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RE: Are Octopuses Slowing Consumer Adoption of Heat Pumps?

A final ‘No’ from Octopus. Apparently they accept that I might have a heat loss of 10w but their software is not able to distinguish the subtleties be...

1 year ago
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RE: Are Octopuses Slowing Consumer Adoption of Heat Pumps?

@gunboatdiplomat That’s good news and a good price as well - I’m only faintly jealous. My indicative quote came out at £6200 (including an unvented ho...

1 year ago
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RE: Are Octopuses Slowing Consumer Adoption of Heat Pumps?

@ivanopinion Octopus have told me they will have a Cosy 16 next year capable of delivering 50c and will cover the alleged 14kw heat loss - if I’d like...

1 year ago
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RE: Are Octopuses Slowing Consumer Adoption of Heat Pumps?

@jamespa I’ve challenged Octopus’s figures using the very helpful comments from this forum. They’ve come back and admitted that the heat loss might no...

1 year ago
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