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Last seen: May 20, 2026
@lucia There are many elements of your post above that I would definitely agree with! What I would not agree with is describing the government as ...
How exactly? Building regulations require heating installations to be designed efficiently etc., and the legal requirement is to conform to building ...
You were supposed to get an insurance backed guarantee to guard against this. The 'grant chasers' will indeed go bust, their business model is based ...
They have already done that if you don't take (or there is no) grant! (in England, I cannot comment on NI, Scotland or Wales) The 'rigid and inflex...
Thats helpful. Presumably the role that the Secretary of State appointed it to is somewhere documented. That would be the basis of any questions etc...
Not just the government though, also the industry. @downfield was recalling my comment that, at least for me, my EV and Heat pump are both a serious ...
Not just the government though, also the industry. @downfield was recalling my comment that, at least for me, my EV and Heat pump are both a serious ...
@mairia @editor Here is what it says on the MCS front page under a heading 'What we do' "MCS is the UK’s quality mark for small-scale rene...
I guess that isnt too much of a surprise that there is a fairly large ratio if its largely renewables, given that renewables are rather variable in ou...
Now its been exposed the owners of the companies concerned are presumably busy paying themselves 'special dividends' and deferring paying tax, so that...
Just a couple more thoughts to throw into the mix. (i) For me at least, decarbonisation has be something of a revelation. In reality I bo...
@mars I'm surprised that anything related to MCS causes you to be gobsmacked at this stage, unless of course its super good.
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We’ve had a mention in the Financial Times. 👀 ...
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RE: Heat Pump Operation in Summer - Valliant 7kW
We turned it off a few weeks ago then turned it back on...
By JamesPa , 41 minutes ago
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RE: Estimating true heat loss from twelve months of consumption data
Got thinking about an easy way to measure heat output o...
By Travellingwave , 2 hours ago
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RE: ASHP Capacity loss with aging
I see where you were also going with this, its is likel...
By ASHP-BOBBA , 5 hours ago
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RE: Renewables & Heat Pumps in the News
Interesting prompt about whether some of the solutions ...
By Jeff , 5 hours ago
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RE: UK warm homes plan - how can it be delivered?
Agree it could sometimes be self inflicted, but I also ...
By Batpred , 11 hours ago
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RE: Daikin Altherma 3 with Fan Coils in Puglia (Italy)… Sanity Check on System Operation
If they don't do heat loss, you need another installer....
By bobflux , 12 hours ago
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RE: Lower electric tariffs for heat pump users
I did some modelling using our real consumption figures...
By ChandyKris , 13 hours ago
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RE: Loud noises in the night - and one for the toolbox?
This may work hopefully now
By Jancold , 13 hours ago
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RE: Sizing an ASHP; Heat loss and kW
There will be no changes internally; ground floor is al...
By GutoFfowc , 18 hours ago
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OK, here's a rather off-the-wall discovery I've made th...
By Majordennisbloodnok , 18 hours ago
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RE: Indevolt Batteries UK Support & Info Thread
I'd like to re-visit this information from Indevolt. ...
By Transparent , 20 hours ago
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RE: Advice on Vaillant Sensocomfort
I just had an answer from Vaillant technical, they only...
By Batpred , 20 hours ago
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RE: Setback savings - fact or fiction?
Yes, also the higher OAT end is possibly a smidge high ...
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