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Last seen: Aug 21, 2026
@mikefitz, we run our heating at 45C during the winter. With our new Stelrad’s we might drop off to 40C next winter because they chuck out a lot of he...
From our experience, whether we heat half the house or the full house, there is no drop off in the ASHP’s electricity consumption. The reason for t...
@mikefitz, I had no idea it was such a recent install. Good luck and let us know how you come along.
@julianc, agree on the vermin in the lofts. We regularly hear them scampering around. Not much we can do about it. @mikefitz, as Julian said, we'd l...
@mikefitz, how long have you been running your ASHP? The tariff is key to the running costs - we've been using Symbio as our electricity provider si...
@mikefitz, if you go down the Stelrad route, they're really great rads and have been a game changer for us. Are you thinking of getting K3s?
@julianc, that's impressive Julian. I don't know why our heating has been running as much as it has. I should probably drop some of the target tempera...
@derek-m, that's a good idea. It's a good time to run that experiment actually. I'll do that today. As for the wood, yes, it's absolutely crazy what...
@mikefitz, welcome to the forums. You looking to get some new rads?
While our usage is down from April, I cannot believe that we've used 477kWh in May for heating and hot water. It's mid-May. Last year, in the whole of...
@julianc, the price of being early adopters is always so punishing.
@amyfod, welcome to the forums. Would suggest you post your questions here:/p>
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