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JamesPa
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RE: Government announces removal of planning permission rules for ASHPs

Indeed, it's scaremongering. The same outlet also ran a headline predicting civil unrest as a result of the changes.

10 months ago
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RE: Government announces removal of planning permission rules for ASHPs

There is now an MHCLG blog on the subject which clears up some of the inconsistency in the reports. MGCLG is actually the department responsible for ...

10 months ago
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RE: Grant 13kW Aerona3 - issues getting zones to temp

Noting your most recent post it's perhaps worth commenting on the question you asked earlier. The answer is a definite maybe. Designs are based on ...

10 months ago
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RE: Government announces removal of planning permission rules for ASHPs

The relaxation of the 1m rule has the potential to reduce noise, because it becomes possible to site ( or take advantage of) barriers more flexibly. ...

10 months ago
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RE: Government announces removal of planning permission rules for ASHPs

Interesting that the Telegraph online headline appears to be 'Government to relax noise restrictions on heat pumps for net zero' Which appears to ...

10 months ago
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RE: Government announces removal of planning permission rules for ASHPs

@jeff can you provide the link please? This is one of those cases where the detail matters!

10 months ago
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RE: Government announces removal of planning permission rules for ASHPs

@jeff The report I saw also said that the change would be 'when legislative time is available'.

10 months ago
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RE: External Building - Extending ASHP vs Infra-Red Heating

An Aircon unit is an air to air heat pump. I think you already have all you need. A2A should get you good cop so should save relative to the ir heat...

10 months ago
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RE: External Building - Extending ASHP vs Infra-Red Heating

I would say its difficult to say. However 12m is a long way to run pipes, particularly if you decide to go underground (which you probably want to to...

10 months ago
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RE: Government announces removal of planning permission rules for ASHPs

I read another report which says that the changes in PD also include increasing max volume to 1.5cu m and allowing 2 heat pumps on detached houses. N...

10 months ago
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RE: Ecodan cycling

The efficiency gain through weather compensation gets less at low flow temperatures, and is probably around 2% per C or less at 32 and you are already...

10 months ago
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RE: Increase floor temps for UFH, Samsung Gen6

4 hours isn't very long, houses have a large heat capacity (ie energy stored in the fabric) and can therefore take a day or more to reach a steady tem...

10 months ago
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