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@derek-m, that’s an excellent explanation. I’ve been looking into “full grid backup” solutions this week, and it’s ridiculously complicated. Fir sta...
@julianc, that's very, very good. What's your target temperature across the property?
I won't lie to you @suzyq, but ASHP running costs at current tariffs are very expensive. At the same time, all heating costs have gone up so it's all ...
@mike-patrick, that is very strange that your control panel doesn't have that kind of information. Most ASHPs now give you data on how much heat you'v...
@mike-patrick, it's frightening at how fast this is all shooting up. I don't keep tabs on mains gas at all, but is it going up at the same rate as ele...
@saz, the Vaillant ads are coincidental. They have signed up to sponsor the forums for six months and the ads went live last night. 😀 If you don’t h...
We sat down with Martin Cooke to discuss whether modulating boilers can play a role in cutting home heating carbon emissions especially when used in c...
@George, I'm really annoyed because I forgot to sign up this weekend when the rate was 29p – today it's 34p.
Very interesting Ant. Thanks for sharing, and welcome again to the forums. Which air source heat pump did you go for?
Welcome to the forums @donald and thank you for sharing your sharing your positive experience and for reminding is that heat pumps can work when desig...
Getting the Vaillant engineer out will be important to at least diagnose the issue. The installers sound like they’ve bodged it royally. I would defin...
What Derek has stated above is key. I would call the MCS today and lodge a formal complaint. Do you have any complaints and/or responses from the inst...
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