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Last seen: Aug 23, 2026
@bart thank you for weighing in, and I am sorry that after 19 months your installation is still being shaped by the very shitshow we are discussing. I...
@jamespa, I think your three questions are useful and they would make an excellent consumer checklist; and my objection is not to educating homeowners...
@Ian-S, I think @JamesPa’s latest comments are probably the most useful way of looking at this. His point that most of the problems we repeatedly se...
@jamespa, I think we agree on about 80% of this. Where we differ is the point at which sensible consumer education becomes the transfer of professiona...
@jamespa there's no need to delete this. You’re discussing the political context surrounding renewables, not campaigning for a particular party, and I...
@jamespa, I understand the concern. The title is deliberately provocative because polite titles disappear and frankly I've seen no improvements in ins...
The circus surrounding the heat pump journey is at the centre of my new book, Britain’s Heat Pump Shitshow: How Installing a Heating System Became a N...
@davidb I can’t help you with contacts at Vaillant unfortunately. They’ve had a lot of staff turnover this year, and I’ve not connected with the new p...
@Ian-S, I actually think this is a pretty reasonable place to have ended up after doing a lot of research. There is an awkward truth with heat pumps...
@DavidB, I think @Majordennisbloodnok has already nailed the guarantee point, so I won’t repeat it.As @JamesPa suggests, I’d now put this straight bac...
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Tragically i was a little bored and under the weather a...
By kilgorexv , 1 hour ago
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RE: Heat Geek mini store vs pump size
Yes I agree, that’s why Heat Geek have most likely sele...
By Tomtheheatingengineer , 2 hours ago
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?
@chandykris Swings and Roundabouts, you win some…. ...
By Toodles , 2 hours ago
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@tomtheheatingengineer, thank you, and welcome to the f...
By Mars , 11 hours ago
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RE: HeatGeek vs Octopus surveys: puzzling disparity - any ideas why?
@majordennisbloodnok @tomtheheatingengineer For my ...
By JamesPa , 11 hours ago
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RE: Do I add Air Con or MVHR to existing A2W ASHP?
There is scope for product development here. I for one...
By JamesPa , 13 hours ago
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RE: Is the "divide by 2900" rule still valid?
Really flow rate is a pipework limitation not a water p...
By JamesPa , 1 day ago
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RE: The good, the bad and the not that great – my heat pump installation
@burtis, I’ve followed this thread pretty much from the...
By Mars , 4 days ago
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RE: Starting Our Heat Pump Journey: 1962 build 3 bed detached house
First time poster here but I can share my experience as...
By SCH , 4 days ago
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RE: Is it the house or the equipment?
...which, I've found out, is pretty much impossible to ...
By Majordennisbloodnok , 4 days ago
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RE: Mitsubishi Ecodan FTC6 settings
The Mitsi remote thermostat should not be plugged into ...
By F1p , 5 days ago
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RE: PV and battery long payback - sense check query
@jamespa I was just commenting on the speed, not sug...
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