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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...
So to answer the specific question you asked - no the ashp won't heat up the house when it is heating the water because separate pipes are run to radi...
@ellyse how do you currently heat hot water? The answer to your question is very likely 'no more than than at present' but does depend slightly on ...
I am very sorry for your predicament as I have said on multiple occasions. Regrettably I think I now agree with 'plumbers and neighbours' even thou...
OK I will try to keep it simple. In one of your posts you say you have excess which you export (even though you have batteries). The first que...
How dare you. The customer for a heat pump has absolutely no right at all to have an opinion on what they need because the installer is the expert. ...
it actually says 'unconnected' which, I fear, is indeed what it means. As we all know for a buffer to work efficiently the flow rates in the circuits...
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RE: Starting Our Heat Pump Journey: 1962 build 3 bed detached house
Posted by: @ian-s Could always use the money saved o...
By Rob of York , 8 hours ago
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RE: Why are ASHP installs so expensive?
And then you look at US electricity prices and weep.
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Depends on what controls the pump! Thats the whole poi...
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The positive reviews keep coming in for Britain's Heat ...
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RE: Next steps on my ASHP journey: Radiators and Pipework
I have one of these fitted which also allows you to reg...
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RE: Recommendations in Ely (Cambs) area for Full setup checks on Nibe HP setup for House.
If they can't don't give up. Heat pumps are, in reali...
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RE: Missing flow temperature in Heat Geek proposal
Yes that's what would happen by turning down the lsv to...
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