Last seen: Nov 16, 2025
Unfortunately I think this goes beyond heating engineers, its a facet of practical trades in our country - we value celebrity and financial engineeri...
@editor Precisely so. We need an industry that has the capacity and delivers a quality product at a reasonable price. DiY-ers complement the i...
@johnmo @heacol @derek-m Perhaps it would help to distinguish expertise from experience. Expertise is valuable in most circumstances. Experience i...
@iantelescope Good. Why are you expecting the house to cool significantly? If I understand your system correctly your secondary (radiator) p...
PS. I should have added that the heat pump capacity you need may be up to 25% less if you have a very old (ie inefficient) boiler. In the range 6-9k...
On the basis that oil is 10kWh per litre, 1800 litres is about 18MWh. That very roughly translates to a 7-9kW heat pump. You will need to have a pro...
It is clear (and has been all along) that the advice you are receiving from tradesmen is inconsistent with the advice you are consistently receiving f...
@iantelescope As I say in my post above I am sorry to hear about your woes. The fact is that you don't need to pay a further £1500 or anythin...
As @toodles says above. Basically you don't except as a one off when the system is commissioned (or over time) by balancing the radiators using the l...
Overall you seem to have done as much as you can to get a good deal. In fairness to Octopus they have decided on a broad methodology and they are sti...
I think this is the right way to do things in the current market. Tell them what thet need to hear so you get what you want. It seems to me you are g...
That's a bit six of one and half a dozen of the other. In summer you might notice extra heat in the bedroom due to the heat lost from the tank. In w...
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@jamespa thanks appreciate the comments. Simon
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