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Carbon capture and store is (rightly or wrongly) a key part of the UK’s net-zero strategy to allow gas generation for peak time usage. It sounds very ...
Oh dear! How close is their behaviour to fraud? Over the line in my personal judgement. I’d be down to Citizens Advice for chapter and verse if it w...
The answer if you’re doing a major renovation is a MVHR, mechanical ventilation with heat recovery. No need for trickle vents, cooker extracts can be ...
@irmartini You’ve got a huge amount of personal work to do clearly If you can add even more insulation in your trench then that will help the heat ...
What sort of system did you end up with, what manufacturer heat pump and what are its settings? There are many contributors on here who will be very...
There is a factor which is glaring to me which is average heat loss with IAT of 18.5 (ish) versus std calculation temp of 21 for living areas. So 7kW ...
For the OP we found heating the house with the gas boiler with manual WCand our limit of lower water leaving temperature of 60C (since DHW could not b...
That sort of heat loss isn’t in any calculation I know and therefore there will be no improvement to show. BUT as a result the std survey won’t find i...
I strongly recommend a door pressure test. We had one done for ~£300 and it showed our air leakage was less than one air change per hour. Since we hav...
Our newly fitted shower system was regularly running to cold if paused. The excellent plumber fitting the ashp solved it by fitting a pressure control...
When our condensing boiler was fitted 14 years ago (too big but who cared?) we were told very clearly that it only needed to be on high when winter wa...
Vaillant service for the application installation was great, one engineer visit and 4 extensive replies from the help desk. BUT tbh it should have bee...
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Powerwall 3 or Myenergi or something else?
Bit of background, 4 bed house 7.35kw heat loss, gas di...
By AdamK , 2 hours ago
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RE: Does anyone have experience of a smart water meter?
Thanks, @technogeek. So far as I can make out, whilst...
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RE: Mitsubishi PAR-WT60R-E Wireless Controller installation
@morgan They have been paired once but it was thought b...
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RE: Isolating the system for a planned power cut
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RE: Heat Pump Servicing & Maintenance – Good Value or Rip-Off?
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By Old_Scientist , 1 day ago
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@bontwoody me too. I've contacted Heat Geek today, and ...
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New heat pump heating system underperforming in Italy... Advice needed!
hi all, first post! I've just renovated a house in sout...
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RE: Anyone still weathering it out with Agile?
I went to Agile when I had solar installed July last ye...
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RE: Mitsu Wireless Controller and MelCloud
Well it has now become obvious that the installation of...
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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself
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RE: New Vaillant aroTherm Plus in black - When will it come to the UK?
@editor I know it was formally announced at Ish the oth...
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@moman0311 welcome to the forums. I've received your em...
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RE: Thermostat for Ideal Logic Air with 3 zone support
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RE: ASHP heat output monitoring
@carlo I see there is a discussion in Facebook user gro...
By Tim441 , 6 days ago
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RE: Flexi-Orb Heat Pump Scheme: A Game-Changer for the UK's Heat Pump Industry
MCS have set a potential trap in the new version of MCS...
By JamesPa , 6 days ago
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RE: Who has a V2G EV installation
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@old_scientist like for like comparisons are almost imp...
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?
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RE: Octopus Cosy & Octopus EV + bidirectional smart tariff, together. What, eh?
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RE: Is your heat pump insured?
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