Last seen: Aug 6, 2025
It’s more like it will be unkind to you! In a damp Welsh holiday cottage in December with -2C outside we put on electric heaters to warm and dry roo...
@ivanopinion (And @graeme) Michael has now updated his data and he illustrates nicely his cop over the full season, which generates his scop (3.5ish d...
@jamespa I’m sure that makes total sense with new builds under modern building regs. i am concerned about anyone in cold, drafty, poorly insulated r...
@transparent don’t take too long writing the piece about the gshp since that absolutely excellent opportunity implies district heating and no private ...
@declan90 thanks very much for this since it wasn’t clear from the brochure. We want wired since our concrete block walls block signals fairly well,...
@jamespa this morning we were told that up to the window cill is ok, in Vaillant’s new advice. my other comment would apply if anyone considered tha...
@benson & @toodles from both your previous posts and our experience the heat loss in the larger rooms was correct (compared to my own analysis usi...
@jancold I suspect all they’ll look at is whether there is a handle!
We dodged the bullet since we had a non-opening window fitted where we hope the pump will go. It was by accident rather than advanced knowledge of the...
We’re in Hampshire and at the getting quotes stage too. We’ve also been in contact with Cinergi and sent back 14 questions on their first quote. W...
If you find the spec sheet of a 12kW Midea it’s only about 10kW at -2C (design temp for a lot of south England) whereas the 11kW Mitsubishi could actu...
Latest Posts
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RE: Is your heat pump insured?
My home insurance renewal is due soon meaning I am doin...
By cathodeRay , 22 hours ago
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New Vaillant aroTherm Plus in black - When will it come to the UK?
It looks like Vaillant are updating the aroTherm plus l...
By Sandy , 1 day ago
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RE: Planning Permission May 2025
Fair enough. I have read the legislation and MCS020a ...
By JamesPa , 1 day ago
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RE: Share Your Experiences with Heat Pump Manufacturer Support
Ive called most of them over the years. By far the best...
By dgclimatecontrol , 1 day ago
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RE: How do I choose a single room MVHR to prevent losing heat in my bathroom ?
An update on the Heatsava. It is the most difficult thi...
By heat-pump-newbie , 1 day ago
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RE: Octopus Cosy & Octopus EV + bidirectional smart tariff, together. What, eh?
I've certainly seen that on their Ts & Cs page but ...
By Majordennisbloodnok , 2 days ago
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RE: ASHP heat output monitoring
@carlo - not much better, is it. It looks more like a u...
By cathodeRay , 2 days ago
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RE: Renewables & Heat Pumps in the News
this document extensively describes (in a non-blame, ne...
By Judith , 2 days ago
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RE: Ecodan - Legionella Operation Time and Target Temperature
Once the white plastic cap is removed, my immersion loo...
By Old_Scientist , 3 days ago
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RE: Replacing Refrigerant on Mitsubishi Heat Pump
@dgclimatecontrol I don't know, but they were not happy...
By DavidAlgarve , 3 days ago
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RE: Why do we need pressurised systems?
A good question @toodles. My old open thermal store and...
By AllyFish , 3 days ago
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RE: 300 Liter Tank - Do I have to heat it all?
Cross references for @martingale Background discussi...
By Transparent , 4 days ago
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@ecobaker May I ask a question of you please. I too hav...
By Papahuhu , 4 days ago
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It's unclear to me how the Smart Control project work b...
By Transparent , 4 days ago
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RE: Have Consumers Been Lied to About the Efficiency of Heat Pumps Made in China?
@pavel, this isn't about discrediting Chinese products....
By Mars , 4 days ago
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RE: Solar Power Output – Let’s Compare Generation Figures
We had an excellent four months (11/3 to 15/7) generati...
By JulianC , 7 days ago
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RE: Is this just haze or something more?
I think the present somewhat cooler hazy days show the ...
By Judith , 1 week ago
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RE: My misgivings about installing ASHP and solar panels via the ECO4 scheme...
All noted and accepted and as I say I am sorry that you...
By JamesPa , 1 week ago
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I think it is very much me that is sitting outside the ...
By Grantmethestrength , 1 week ago
