Joining the Renewable Heating Hub forums is completely free and only takes a minute. By registering you’ll be able to ask questions, join discussions, follow topics you’re interested in, bookmark useful threads and receive notifications when someone replies. Non-registered members also do not have access to our AI features. When choosing your username, please note that it cannot be changed later, so we recommend avoiding brand or product names. Before registering, please take a moment to read the Forum Rules & Terms of Use so we can keep the community helpful, respectful and informative for everyone. Thanks for joining!
Last seen: Aug 23, 2026
I read this thread since I wanted to know what a reverse ferret was! Please assist. I totally agree with @transparent recommendation of (I assume) f...
an update now the weather is much colder and we lost the concept of solar gain months back. We gradually had to increase the curve to 0.65 to compensa...
@johnnyb that’s very interesting to read!
On this forum with advanced monitoring available a Mitsubishi user whose pump was oversized recommended the cloud based auto-adaptation function to im...
I agreed with your approach on the other thread and so pulling out the general case is a better way of capturing it.
I feel the best first question after establishing that a heat pump is over-sized (even massively so say 3x) is does that affect efficiency? John Can...
it’s much more efficient to run a heat pump continuously but for everyone in the end it’s about money. So if you were able to run only on the cosy che...
@iraknic have you established that you can hear your system? Ours is very much quieter than the old gas fired boiler, no radiator creaking for example...
@sicky I can’t separate out the garage EWI easily since it was part of a bigger job. The insulation was 70mm which is about what you need for building...
@boycey The only added wrinkle for your flat is that 5kW is a lot for a 2bed flat so your pump perhaps could be on for less time. UFH often has a “lon...
@sicky our garage was made into a warm room using external insulation and its usual to use a system, primer, glue, fixings, board, render. Ours happen...
Perhaps you should sort out /have someone else sort out your system and then you’ll will know what matters. I know several posters here have told you ...
SPONSORS
Degrees of Separation
Latest Posts
-
RE: Do I add Air Con or MVHR to existing A2W ASHP?
@rob-of-york Thank you, I’m thinking along these same l...
By Toodles , 1 hour ago
-
@Mars Good questions! The downstairs unit did the maj...
By Rob of York , 1 hour ago
-
RE: Questions about A2A for heating as well as cooling
@donciccio I would suggest that you take a "fabric-fi...
By Rob of York , 2 hours ago
-
RE: How Accurate Is My DIY Heat Loss Calculation?
Any idea how efficient your gas boiler is? Is it a 50 y...
By Old_Scientist , 7 hours ago
-
RE: Volumisers in Heat Pump Systems: Does Placement Matter?
@dave, I think @jamespa has probably identified the mos...
By Mars , 19 hours ago
-
RE: Plug and play solar. Thoughts?
My thought is simple. Bring it on and bring on plug in...
By JamesPa , 1 day ago
-
RE: Heat Geek mini store vs pump size
Yes I agree, that’s why Heat Geek have most likely sele...
By Tomtheheatingengineer , 2 days ago
-
RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?
@chandykris Swings and Roundabouts, you win some…. ...
By Toodles , 2 days ago
-
@tomtheheatingengineer, thank you, and welcome to the f...
By Mars , 2 days ago
-
RE: HeatGeek vs Octopus surveys: puzzling disparity - any ideas why?
@majordennisbloodnok @tomtheheatingengineer For my ...
By JamesPa , 2 days ago
-
RE: Is the "divide by 2900" rule still valid?
Really flow rate is a pipework limitation not a water p...
By JamesPa , 3 days ago
-
RE: The good, the bad and the not that great – my heat pump installation
@burtis, I’ve followed this thread pretty much from the...
By Mars , 6 days ago
-
RE: Starting Our Heat Pump Journey: 1962 build 3 bed detached house
First time poster here but I can share my experience as...
By SCH , 6 days ago
SPONSORS
