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RE: Starting Our Heat Pump Journey: 1962 build 3 bed detached house

OK, fair enough then. I calculated loss based on 24 hour average temperature and gas consumption (actually 12 hours offset because it was a better ...

5 days ago
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RE: PV and battery long payback - sense check query

Having spend 14 years in local government (after 30 years in engineering) I know how slowly things move and also know that, if you try to speed them u...

5 days ago
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RE: Starting Our Heat Pump Journey: 1962 build 3 bed detached house

Well at least they actually looked at gas consumption, most dont. I suspect they also did the mandated calculation and this was just a sense check. ...

5 days ago
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RE: Is it the house or the equipment?

Ther are many on here who are very knowledgable about A2A and some of the questions you ask are better answered by them. I will offer the following. ...

6 days ago
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RE: Heat Pump Books For Beginners: The Ultimate Guide to Heat Pumps, Bodge Buster, From Zero To Heat Pump Hero & Britain's Heat Pump Shitshow

Of course, what do you expect, human beings are human beings ie mostly selfish, and will thus exploit any opportunity they see ruthlessly. The skill/...

6 days ago
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RE: Heat Pump Books For Beginners: The Ultimate Guide to Heat Pumps, Bodge Buster, From Zero To Heat Pump Hero & Britain's Heat Pump Shitshow

Its clear that 'strengthening oversight 'is a stopgap measure. Probably more a case of (a) being seen to be doing something and (b) an opportunity t...

6 days ago
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RE: Heat Pump Books For Beginners: The Ultimate Guide to Heat Pumps, Bodge Buster, From Zero To Heat Pump Hero & Britain's Heat Pump Shitshow

Well yes, except that as we see heat pump insurance, a product of the finance industry not the heat pump industry, doesn't really work (unless the hou...

6 days ago
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RE: Heat Pump Books For Beginners: The Ultimate Guide to Heat Pumps, Bodge Buster, From Zero To Heat Pump Hero & Britain's Heat Pump Shitshow

If you read the consultation recently launched by the Government you will see that Policy makers have recognised the issues and are proposing fundamen...

6 days ago
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RE: Heat Pump Books For Beginners: The Ultimate Guide to Heat Pumps, Bodge Buster, From Zero To Heat Pump Hero & Britain's Heat Pump Shitshow

We probably agree on more than that, it's just nuance that differs. Above all I am a pragmatist. Installers should do a good job and consumer prote...

6 days ago
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RE: Starting Our Heat Pump Journey: 1962 build 3 bed detached house

      @ian-s Assuming your house is tolerably warm most of the time (ie that it doesn't cool more than say 2-3 degrees during...

6 days ago
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RE: Starting Our Heat Pump Journey: 1962 build 3 bed detached house

49 is quite high, I would prefer 45, but if they are guaranteeing scop it doesn't really matter, and anyway it will in practice be what it will be, de...

6 days ago
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RE: Heat Pump Books For Beginners: The Ultimate Guide to Heat Pumps, Bodge Buster, From Zero To Heat Pump Hero & Britain's Heat Pump Shitshow

All of the things you say the industry could do are fair, but it won't unless there is either government or commercial pressure. I can't see a commer...

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