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We investigated this when we had our wood burner installed. We only use it for very cold/for fun/power cuts, not routinely. Our stove is less than 5...
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...
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RE: Setback savings - fact or fiction?
I could, but I think we can do better, by plotting hour...
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RE: Midea ASHP – how to set weather compensation
Just one more thought. If you have convenient space fo...
By JamesPa , 14 hours ago
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RE: Advice on internal circulation pump noise
Extend the primary branch and make sure you have more t...
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RE: External pipework insulation
Oh Dear! that's appalling pipe work, should've been in ...
By dgclimatecontrol , 20 hours ago
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RE: Jokes and fun posts about heat pumps and renewables
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RE: Controlling Daikin Altherma via P1P2 and Home Assistant
On the contrary, @toodles, that’s a lot of help. I’d ne...
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RE: Octopus Cosy Heat Pump Owners & Discussion Thread
@kevh with the Cosy 6 I know it definitely goes to arou...
By HarrisonC , 1 day ago
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Parsnip, Bacon & Coconut Milk Soup
First let me say, I am only a cook because I am human a...
By Toodles , 1 day ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions
Ben Watts posted on LinkedIn that he had updated this w...
By Judith , 2 days ago
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RE: The good, the bad and the not that great – my heat pump installation
Small update, Emailed and Spoke to Midea UK and they ...
By Burtis , 2 days ago
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RE: Solis S6-EH1P8K-L-PLUS – Why I Chose It and What I’ve Learned So Far
@bash Octopus does charge for the admin. The process al...
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RE: New Fogstar 15.5kWh upright solution
Issues still under investigation by Solis... Fogstar ...
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?
I agree, the consumer is not being properly represented...
By Batpred , 2 days ago
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RE: Heat Pump Heats the House… But It’s Not Cosy. Emitter Changes or System Tweak?
@toodles interesting suggestion, thanks. I will try to...
By GrahamF , 2 days ago
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RE: Mitsubishi Ecodan Auto Adaption trial to stop cycling.
The interval you talk of, i think, will be 60min for an...
By F1p , 3 days ago
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Agree with @majordennisbloodnok on the setbacks. We hav...
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RE: Speedcomfort radiator fans
@deltona the way the links were added broke the page. A...
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RE: Refrigerant R32, is it now banned in the EU from 1st Jan 2027 for monobloc ASHPs?
This has been delayed from what I believe to be this ye...
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