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Last seen: Oct 18, 2026
Welcome to the forums @stevebrockie3 A year ago, I would have been a lot more supportive in proceeding with the limited insulation and your heat los...
@batalto, I wish we had 2.5m of insulation - that would be awesome.
@derek-m, just got a quote from Avro. 18.5p / kWh. I can see us struggling to get lower than this. What has caused wholesale electricity prices to g...
@derek-m, we have been addressing leaks and insulation this summer. The issue is that even with those things addressed the increase is not financially...
@george, that's fortunate for you guys. I guess we're quite rural and we've always battled to get great rates. After a quick search, I've not been abl...
Time for our next switch. Symbio just sent us an email with their latest tariffs and loyalty rate has gone up 5p per kWh. Your new tariff plan...
@gordonville, the one thing that I can comment on, and that you've already highlighted, is the bore and rad size. It took us a while to get the bottom...
That sounds about what we paid for our installation - something like £4,500 for 3 days with a team of four guys. Crazy money. I saw an interesting ...
@Morgan, yeah, it's pretty frightening. And that's just fossil fuels. What about all the CO2 from forest fires and other sources. Crazy.
What will probably happen is that installers and manufacturers will dramatically drop their prices to maintain business. It's common knowledge that al...
@kev-m, do you know what the price of hydrogen will be - will it be closer to gas than electricity?
@prunus, a valid point. Will that not become Grant's problem to get spares or keep them in storage? We've been in contact with all the big heat pump m...
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RE: Renewables & Heat Pumps in the News
I worked partly in computer security. I saw things that...
By EtchedPixels , 22 seconds ago
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RE: How quickly would you want/expect heat recovery to take from setback?
That's the issue, those graphs show your heat-pump (in ...
By Temperature_Gradient , 4 hours ago
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RE: How should the Boiler Upgrade Scheme be reformed?
Not quite, regular A2W heat-pumps need a load of extra ...
By Temperature_Gradient , 2 days ago
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RE: Heat Geek installations: share your experiences
one thing i learnt from reading people’s comments and e...
By Batpred , 2 days ago
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RE: Cooling/heating with one unit
"The way we use A2A on a cheap overnight EV tariff is t...
By mrkfm , 2 days ago
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RE: Do I add Air Con or MVHR to existing A2W ASHP?
We have ‘signed on the dotted line’ today for a Panason...
By Toodles , 2 days ago
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RE: Heat pump branding. Clever, contemporary… or a bit too much?
...or it was there and was lost thanks to laziness and ...
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@bobflux Thank you for your response. I am trying to ...
By RonV. , 2 days ago
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This post is about how I successfully configured a buff...
By Tony.Stolz , 2 days ago
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The installer visited yesterday and suggested the noise...
By JamesChatz , 2 days ago
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RE: HeatGeek vs Octopus surveys: puzzling disparity - any ideas why?
Your house sounds a lot like mine. 2 surveyors each sp...
By JamesPa , 2 days ago
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RE: Heat Geek Zero Disrupt: Are We Sleepwalking Into Another Race to the Bottom?
Thats true only if you do the wrong experiment. Done c...
By JamesPa , 2 days ago
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RE: battery storage without solar
As of October 1st they need specific qualifications to ...
By EtchedPixels , 3 days ago
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RE: Why are ASHP installs so expensive?
The whole system seems to work on the basis of...
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