Last seen: Aug 6, 2025
We’ve explained our heating controllers:
@dchilton, I haven’t used Drayton, but yes, the system should work with your hybrid setup. We have a bivalent (oil boiler and ASHP) and our heating co...
Would an air to air heat pump not work? As for MCS, I’d suggest calling them to recommend installers, and then Google them to see if any have reviews ...
@ceebee, good to know Vaillant offer this support. Many of the major heat pump manufacturers don’t extend the same level of support.
@mattengineer, thanks for the useful advice, and welcome to the forums.
We have an interesting conversation with Jez, Head of Renewable Heat at Midsummer Wholesale, covering a wide range of topics from correctly sizing hea...
@witchcraft, Vaillant have suggested you call their homeowner team on this number to get advice: 0344 736 0049
I probably agree with batalto. Smart thermostats and TRVs are pretty cool, and it's great to be able to automate room temperatures based on time of us...
We've gone down the smart TRV and thermostat route @alastair and they work very well in conjunction with a low flow rate system like a heat pump. It c...
Richard Lowes provides some honest insights and views on the UK government's ambitious target of installing over 600,000 heat pumps per year by 2028, ...
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RE: ASHP heat output monitoring
@carlo - not much better, is it. It looks more like a u...
By cathodeRay , 14 minutes ago
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RE: Octopus Cosy & Octopus EV + bidirectional smart tariff, together. What, eh?
Agree. To me it misses the obvious fit namely 'se...
By JamesPa , 3 hours ago
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RE: Renewables & Heat Pumps in the News
this document extensively describes (in a non-blame, ne...
By Judith , 3 hours ago
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RE: Planning Permission May 2025
In England that is no longer the case although you have...
By JamesPa , 15 hours ago
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RE: Ecodan - Legionella Operation Time and Target Temperature
Once the white plastic cap is removed, my immersion loo...
By Old_Scientist , 1 day ago
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RE: Replacing Refrigerant on Mitsubishi Heat Pump
@dgclimatecontrol I don't know, but they were not happy...
By DavidAlgarve , 1 day ago
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RE: Why do we need pressurised systems?
A good question @toodles. My old open thermal store and...
By AllyFish , 1 day ago
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RE: 300 Liter Tank - Do I have to heat it all?
Cross references for @martingale Background discussi...
By Transparent , 2 days ago
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@ecobaker May I ask a question of you please. I too hav...
By Papahuhu , 2 days ago
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RE: Share Your Experiences with Heat Pump Manufacturer Support
@terry1812 Oh Good! Pleased to help if I can! Regards, ...
By Toodles , 2 days ago
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It's unclear to me how the Smart Control project work b...
By Transparent , 2 days ago
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RE: Have Consumers Been Lied to About the Efficiency of Heat Pumps Made in China?
@pavel, this isn't about discrediting Chinese products....
By Mars , 2 days ago
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RE: Solar Power Output – Let’s Compare Generation Figures
We had an excellent four months (11/3 to 15/7) generati...
By JulianC , 5 days ago
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RE: Is this just haze or something more?
I think the present somewhat cooler hazy days show the ...
By Judith , 5 days ago
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RE: My misgivings about installing ASHP and solar panels via the ECO4 scheme...
All noted and accepted and as I say I am sorry that you...
By JamesPa , 5 days ago
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I think it is very much me that is sitting outside the ...
By Grantmethestrength , 5 days ago
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?
Aggregators have been recognised for many years, and it...
By Transparent , 6 days ago
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RE: Help me keep the faith with my air source heat pump installation
Great news I edited my previous post (probably af...
By JamesPa , 6 days ago
