Last seen: Sep 12, 2025
Did you ditch the buffer too?
@drew-pa, electricity consumption. In January 2021, which was one of our coldest winters, we consumed 2,231 kWh of electricity. More detailed info her...
@Jeff, good timing to follow up. I've actually scheduled myself to do a follow up and update this week. I've been waiting for the temperatures to drop...
At 5-10C outside, we easily push 55-60kWh per day. When temperatures tumble to zero and below, we had days in Feb two winters ago where we did over 10...
@derek-m, you have helped more people by yourself on the forums (as a non-heating 'expert') than all the heating engineers I know put together over th...
@derek-m, I suspect we all know the answer to that question, but it's a valid question to ask.
That is the million dollar question. We screened six installers. Three were very clearly cowboys, so they were easy to dismiss. The problem is well-pr...
They slapped in two of these in addition to the other two circulation pumps we have and at this time of year they have to run at max.
@grahamh, if I'm honest I Most people here have paid in excess of £12,000 for their heap pumps to be installed professionally, but the installations ...
@Morgan, most services I've heard of are around £250, but cost of living may have driven this up. To be honest, even £250 is a significant amount of...
@morgan, yikes, that’s expensive.
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