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This is something I've spent the better part of this year looking into and the protections for homeowners are not great. Despite the MCS and consumer ...
@bretix, provided that ASHPs have "breathing" space you can do what you like. Our heat pump has a 2m high log store and fence behind the heat pump and...
@Daniel, welcome to the forums – we look forward to hearing about your experiences and answering any questions.
@abefroman, welcome to the forums. Please feel free to start a new thread for your property and set up, where you can ask specific questions.
@allyfish, weird as the cap freeze was supposed to be in place until the end of March – has this been revised/lifted and I missed it?
There wouldn't enough HVO for that – there's not enough to fully switch all rural, kerosene-burning homes to HVO in the UK.
@julianc, I did the maths last winter when we were running HVO and CO2 emissions were consistently lower than the heat pump on most days. I'm a massiv...
We received an email from E.ON today saying: "Ofgem recently announced that due to rising costs the energy price cap will go up in January. The govern...
@oswiu, I'm happy to look into that. Stickies are semi-helpful and many people miss them when searching for answers on the forums. I'd be quite inte...
@mjr, most of us are on 100% green tariffs, and it's just an exercise in buying tokens by the energy provider, which will not guarantee less gas usage...
That’s an excellent idea.
@mjr, no one’s saying they should remain on kerosene or HVO forever. There are plenty of homes that can’t afford £12,000 or more on a heat pump. BUS o...
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