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RE: Green Homes Grant

@ken, thanks for sharing.

4 years ago
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Government Schemes, Regulations, Planning & Organisations
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RE: Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS)

@mike-patrick, I look forward to the post on your winter consumption - ours was insanely heavy. As an aside, would you consider wiring a review of y...

4 years ago
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Government Schemes, Regulations, Planning & Organisations
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RE: Heat pump servicing and maintenance

We'll get the ball rolling. We have an air source heat pump from Global Energy Systems. At time of writing, their annual service is priced at £216/yea...

4 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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Heat pump servicing and maintenance
4 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself

Very interesting @davef. It would be useful if you could share some of your issues with the ground source by starting a new thread in the ground sourc...

4 years ago
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Introductions, Forum Rules & Updates
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RE: Insulation

@merrion, that's on my hit list of things to get this summer so that we can embark on the next part of our heating efficiency journey.

4 years ago
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Well & Truly Off The Grid
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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself

Welcome to the site and forums @merrion, and thanks for sharing your set up, and we look forward to hearing more about your experiences.

4 years ago
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Introductions, Forum Rules & Updates
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RE: Smart Home Tech

@ken, as a geek, I fully concur. Ethernet cables trump wireless every day of the week. The problem is practicality though. In our case, there was no c...

4 years ago
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Thermostats, Volumisers, Buffer Tanks, TRVs, Pumps, Piping, Valves, Radiators & Controls
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RE: Sizing of heat pumps

@bobbt9866, as the UK pushes towards heat pumps, consumers and homeowner knowledge needs to increase. Heat pumps are a bit of dark science and people ...

4 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Sizing of heat pumps

I agree @bobbt9866. The objective of these forums to is help novices make better informed decisions, and any rule of thumb metric or guidance gives no...

4 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Power supply

Thanks for the tip Mike. I’ll look into this. As for building regs, they’re all over the place, and a lot of stuff doesn’t make sense.

4 years ago
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Thermostats, Volumisers, Buffer Tanks, TRVs, Pumps, Piping, Valves, Radiators & Controls
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RE: Stelrad radiators

@boblochinver, that’s exactly right. It’s the temperature control to turn the fans on and off that’s essential so that they don’t burn out. I suppose ...

4 years ago
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Thermostats, Volumisers, Buffer Tanks, TRVs, Pumps, Piping, Valves, Radiators & Controls
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