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Can you provide a reference please for that statement. Nowhere can I see this within the actual regulations and neither can I find the work 'manufact...
Agree, the figure is given for SCOP not COP
Thats very unlikely to be anything to do with the heat pump, the water system is essentially completely separate. Changes may have been made to the w...
@bigfish Sorry to hear that. I would suggest the first step is to get the installer back (preferably before you pay) to look at the noise. Antivib...
@editor Whilst you are contacting installers you may also ask about R290 heat pumps below windows. My reading of the diagrams from several manufac...
The good news is that it leaves no excuse if it doesn't do that! The WC stuff is absolutely basic. I cant understand how an installer doesn't know ...
... and therein lies the problem. This is probably nearly as difficult as setback. The physics is simple, the engineering and measurement less so!
Thanks. Thats pretty much my intended route if I do go ahead - still dependent on wife's view and electrician's quote. You have been very h...
Area under graph is indeed a valid approach and the one I would use, the challenge is 'where do you draw the reference line'. The latent heat of fusi...
I looked for actual regulations some months ago, found none and indeed found some evidence that there are none, ie the rules are being devised up by t...
We are of course speaking hypothetically about how a 'friend' might go about the job, aren't we? 😉 Perhaps my greater...
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RE: Heat Pump deployment statistics: June 2026
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RE: Missing flow temperature in Heat Geek proposal
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RE: Recommendations in Ely (Cambs) area for Full setup checks on Nibe HP setup for House.
Have you looked at the Nibe website? They list their ap...
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RE: Why are ASHP installs so expensive?
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?
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We kept ours and Heat Geek would have been in touch if ...
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RE: Starting Our Heat Pump Journey: 1962 build 3 bed detached house
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RE: Is it the house or the equipment?
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RE: Vaillant Arotherm – Using Heating
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RE: Next steps on my ASHP journey: Radiators and Pipework
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RE: Siting of the external sensor on a heatpump
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