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@cathoderay Thank you for taking the time to supply such a long response. I will respond to the parts that I have an angle on one at a time. For the m...
I think you are correct. Unless you have a modern well insulated house, solar and batteries, the heat pump system is a huge gamble. Perhaps I should...
@grahambI think you are correct. Unless you have a modern well insulated house, solar and batteries, the heat pump system is a huge gamble. The heat l...
I haven't had enough experience with Homely to be sure but I wasn't impressed. One reason was that it came with a little button that was the sensor bu...
@derek-m The saving will be from before the energy price increases but if they are even three times higher that is still too little for too much cost....
@derek-m Which inprovements do you suggest?Solar panels, tried but told too many shadows cast on available roofSub floor insulation - we put in an uf...
@mjr You are right that the last plumber has suggested an LPG boiler instead. It would still leak heat but it would not suffer inefficiency from bein...
@mjr That is the question that is difficult to answer for sure. What I got was an oversized system that was intended to keep rooms warm and without an...
Hi Bob77 Your result sounds like the one I was looking for and your heat pump is half the size of the one that was fitted in my house. Can you tell me...
@editor I raised it with HIES and they dismissed it 'out of their remit' and 'my own fault for signing the contract'The Ombudsman? No I cannot find a ...
The link is to one of my earlier posts: The house is measured at 120 square meters but I kept pointing out that we only ever heat about half of tha...
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