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My Octopus surveyor said the cosy 6 was intended for smaller houses but because of the R290 restrictions it is very difficult to find a space for it. ...
@johnmo Thanks, yes I have that cheat sheet and was a bit surprised it was higher than expected. Maybe I should start the Heatpunk project again. Stil...
@johnmo I revisited the Heatpunk project which I did back in May and put in the data for the floor and ceilings which I had not done and revised the h...
@johnmo We have cavity insulation double glazing and loft is mostly well insulated, all except a walkway down the middle. Also the chimney stacks have...
@ash2020 Andrew, I have a 80M2 1926 three bed semi in East Devon on the coast and have had a quote from British Gas of £4100 and an Octopus one of £23...
Hi Andrew, I believe we may have chatted about Katie McCabe back in 2021. My handle is Crispspark on Grey arrows. I am working toward an ASHP and wait...
Well this has all been surprisingly stressful so I'm going to take a week out and go to Plymouth and back via some interesting stopovers. If all goes ...
So now UltimateRenewables have found an installer for me so it will be interesting to see what they come up with but it will be a couple of weeks.
@johnmo Thanks when they get back to me I will ask them for the justification for the volumiser. It is so good that we cannot trust these er mcs exper...
@toodles When I went to ultimateRenewables he tried to demonstrate the quietness but it would not start saying the temp was too high initially however...
@toodles Thank you, I have a similar system controlled by a timeswitch, mine is only 100W but running 24hrs is a fair bit of electricity hence now tim...
@bontwoody re immersion in summer, his other point was at temperatures like today the heatpump will not start but are there not settings to allow for ...
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