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Last seen: Oct 18, 2026
@siko, the nighttime tariff, but the 18p daytime tariff is steep. For our house, we’ve found that anything over 15p starts to become really pricey.
As an additional point, there’s a certain level of irony that Symbio, who’s customer service is non-existent, do more to retain their customers than c...
@duncan-mac, in our case it took us two years to see that our system wasn't performing as it should, but through some tweaking and updates, I feel we ...
@ceebee, Derek’s point is a valid one. HIES are, from what I’ve heard, excellent in dealing with such matters, provided your insurance is with them. B...
We’ve been with Symbio since November (George suggested we check them out) and it’s been ok so far, but we’ve not had any interaction with them. If th...
@julianc, many well insulated new builds run on one zone, with no TRVs (all open, all the time) with a Nest or other central thermostat controlling th...
@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...
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