Last seen: Oct 12, 2025
@pirate-rich spent another full day with us today, joined by @chas-b, working tirelessly to get all the air out of the system. It was an incredible ef...
I’m watched @pirate-rich rewire our wiring centre last week, which was MASTERFUL! It was calm, methodical and meticulous. I have no technical abili...
We’re going to do a full retrofix in spring with @pirate-rich at the helm… there’s a mountain of planning to get it 100% right and we don’t want to co...
@jamespa, 😀, and the thing that has pissed me off the most is that this is a direct result of a horribly bodged retrofix. The irony! But the...
We've never had a proper heat loss calculation, James. Our only one was seven years ago with a rep from GES, back when we were new to heat pumps. Th...
Agreed. There’s tricky, and then there’s diving into a project with no plan or forethought… just slinging stuff at the wall to see what sticks. That k...
I wonder if this is a project @aventus-eco would be interested in…
@ashp-bobba, your point about design being the cornerstone of a successful system cannot be overstated. When there’s no proper heat loss, no clear pla...
@grahamf, what was your own heat loss calculation in the end?
@lucia, I hear you on the lagging and insulation front. What I find interesting is the amount of holes and gaps that exist in the chassis that allow t...
Latest Posts
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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself
Welcome. Do feel free to start a new thread about your...
By JamesPa , 59 seconds ago
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RE: Renewables & Heat Pumps in the News
Agree...but worse still is a human. Many hackers gain ...
By JamesPa , 3 minutes ago
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RE: Heat loss calculations and how they work in conjunction with heat pump sizing
I'm not sure where you are getting your design informat...
By JamesPa , 26 minutes ago
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RE: New Fogstar 15.5kWh upright solution
Yup, when I calculated how long it would take, I though...
By Batpred , 3 hours ago
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Yes, I did mean graduates, but not just in physics. Q...
By Transparent , 3 hours ago
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RE: Heat Pump Installers: Competence, Illusion and the Hard Truth Homeowners Must Face
@editor We defiantly need to come up with a way a custo...
By ASHP-BOBBA , 6 hours ago
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RE: Radiator sizing for heat pump installation by British Gas - are these correct?
You are spot on. I don't know TBH as I don't have ...
By JamesPa , 7 hours ago
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PV Panels on roof in Conservation Area
The house is on a boundary of, but inside, a Conservati...
By colinc , 7 hours ago
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RE: Ecodan Energy Monitoring Pack
Interesting. I tried very hard to monitor energy consum...
By Carpenterstation , 10 hours ago
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RE: Daikin Octopus installation update - I saw my first defrost. 😍😂
@editor Just had my first defrost of this season. ...
By Mike Patrick , 10 hours ago
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RE: What crazy nonsense are inverter limits and why are they imposed?
That will be producing significant losses due to phase ...
By Transparent , 1 day ago
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RE: Isolating the system for a planned power cut
When I said we'd need to know more about the RCD, MCB a...
By Transparent , 1 day ago
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Which tells us something (including possibly everything...
By cathodeRay , 1 day ago
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RE: Flexi-Orb Heat Pump Scheme Update: Progress, Pilots and Why This Matters for Homeowners
Thanks for sharing. Sounds promising, ISO are indepe...
By Batpred , 1 day ago
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RE: Specifying batteries, pv solar etc using ChatGPT
I have been positively surprised when I asked it to spe...
By Batpred , 1 day ago
