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@paultheheating I wonder if you are being a bit pessimistic. A friend of mine moved from an oil boiler to a heat pump. Oil is so expensive compared ...
@allyfish thanks for your observations. At the moment, I suspect that my upstairs radiators are receiving too much water flow even without the +/-10%...
@giryan I understand your dilemma. I was in a similar position earlier in the year and was certainly nervous about installing a heat pump. However, ...
Well you certainly are a brave polar bear! A few comments: I presume you have insulated the remainder of the pipe work, since you took the fir...
We are on the Intelligent Octopus Go tariff. We installed a heat pump in the summer and our solar panel and battery installation is almost complete. ...
@editor Here are my suggested questions: In your designs, how do you trade off the up-front cost of the system versus ongoing running costs? What...
It may be cycling on and off a lot. Do you have any graphs of the compressor frequency, water outlet/inlet temperature, other relevant data... over s...
Some photos might help as well.
@jamespa I agree that people should use measurements of the performance of the existing system as input to their heat loss estimate. It makes sense t...
@jords it sounds as though you have been having a frustrating time. I had some similar experiences. Here are a few pointers: All installers have...
@downfield it is curious that you are reporting quite positively about EPC Improvements. @drei has been alleging serious problems with their installa...
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