Last seen: May 16, 2025
@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...
@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...
Received my Heat Geek quote this evening. Very detailed, well laid out, clearly explained, guaranteed efficiency of 390%…and eye wateringly expensive....
@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...
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 ...
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...
@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...
@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...
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...
@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...
@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...
@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...
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