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Last seen: Jul 30, 2026
@transparent doubt my kitchen scales will measure that, but in theory heat shouldn’t cross a vacuum so it must be the hot ones that are stuffed. Just ...
@transparent I gave them copious coating of the thermal grease and a wee squirt of silicone spray, so they have always been free. My thoughts are that...
@transparent I just spun my tubes to clean them, probably why they came out so easy. I have good access to clean the garage roof, and cleaning the foi...
@derek-m it’s a steel box section roof so it’s a possibility that I could make a good job glueing that on I guess. Good idea.
@transparent thats me removed all my evacuated tubes in preparation for the new ones. A couple of questions if I could please. 1. I noticed that ra...
@transparent i had a similar problem when I took the ceilings down after my roof blew off to discover no steels fitted for the dormer conversion. It’...
@transparent at the minute I’m getting cheap electricity, 7p from 11.30-5am, my batteries, 10kw last until 4pm where I feed it all back to the grid fo...
@transparent I was thinking you could max out your solar with a tidier roof fitting the more powerful ones. Thus less is better but I’m thinking you a...
@ellyse I think if you explain what we have told you here to your neighbour it’s unlikely they would be upset. I wish someone had approached me in No...
@transparent it’s quite correct that there are documents that fill you full of confidence that your installer will do a good job or else. But if you h...
@ellyse I think Mitsubishi are decent pumps and I’m sure the ecoden may be linked with your existing boiler to provide a backup. My heating engineer s...
@ellyse I’m on octopus and initially flux because I had batteries. 17 pence per kw from 2-5am now since I have an EV charger I’m on Go and it’s 7p pe...
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@editor Aargh - Trustpilot. On my journey, Ì contacte...
By L8Again , 2 hours ago
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RE: Cooling with air to water heat pumps
@editor does that mean you have to have two separate ex...
By mrkfm , 12 hours ago
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RE: Starting Our Heat Pump Journey: 1962 build 3 bed detached house
Posted by: @ian-s Could always use the money saved o...
By Rob of York , 17 hours ago
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RE: Why are ASHP installs so expensive?
And then you look at US electricity prices and weep.
By bornagain , 19 hours ago
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Depends on what controls the pump! Thats the whole poi...
By JamesPa , 24 hours ago
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The positive reviews keep coming in for Britain's Heat ...
By Mars , 2 days ago
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RE: Next steps on my ASHP journey: Radiators and Pipework
I have one of these fitted which also allows you to reg...
By Old_Scientist , 2 days ago
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RE: Recommendations in Ely (Cambs) area for Full setup checks on Nibe HP setup for House.
If they can't don't give up. Heat pumps are, in reali...
By JamesPa , 3 days ago
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RE: Missing flow temperature in Heat Geek proposal
Yes that's what would happen by turning down the lsv to...
By JamesPa , 3 days ago
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RE: Grant R290 DHW Cycle Interuption
It looks like some sort of short pre-run. The question...
By JamesPa , 3 days ago
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RE: Cascade System or larger single unit
@renewables345 I would say if it a new build it’s no mo...
By Aventus Eco , 3 days ago
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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself
@gz00, welcome to the forums. There’s a huge amount of ...
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RE: Home energy storage & battery register
1 fox ess lv5200 batteries, plus 2 more waiting to be i...
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RE: Heat Pump deployment statistics: June 2026
@l8again Unfortunately the government is, I suspect,...
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