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Thats generous! Does the small print of the grant allow DIY? In UK it has to be a MCS registered professional( doesn’t guarantee competence) and repla...
This week was very mild here so our 7kW heat pump reports a COP for the week of 4.8 for combined heating and DHW. Our house requires ~8kW when -5C whi...
@dr_dongle we use Cosy (another octopus tarrif and together with the battery in January our average electricity price was 18p. So we used more on some...
The generally accepted ratio from the 50Pa test to natural usage is 20. But I wanted to understand why and can’t now re-find the references I used to ...
Mick Wall has a very thorough measurement set of air changes per hour for his house, on his web site/p>
@adam awesome trouble-shooting I’m seriously impressed. Congratulations so far!
If this genuinely does the remedial work then yes good idea, also good if jobs are finished not left at 90% complete. But the cowboys doing some of th...
@majordennisbloodnok you wouldn’t be smug if you had a Vaillant because the first task coming out of holiday mode is an anti-legggionaire DHW cycle up...
I went through this consultation and answered where I had a relevant input. But mostly my reaction was”what on earth for?” They seems to be scratching...
@batpred excel mainly!
@mk4 good luck with the installation your research should be worthwhile. There’s no point turning down the 16kW to lower levels (and it’s unlikely to ...
One aspect of making insulation air-tight that hasn’t been mentioned is wind washing, a strange term which is if the insulation isn’t sealed (like aro...
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@toodles possibly. The £9k labour charge for 4-5 days w...
By AndrewJ , 3 hours ago
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RE: Plug and play solar. Thoughts?
My thought is simple. Bring it on and bring on plug in...
By JamesPa , 7 hours ago
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RE: Heat Geek mini store vs pump size
Yes I agree, that’s why Heat Geek have most likely sele...
By Tomtheheatingengineer , 20 hours ago
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?
@chandykris Swings and Roundabouts, you win some…. ...
By Toodles , 20 hours ago
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@tomtheheatingengineer, thank you, and welcome to the f...
By Mars , 1 day ago
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RE: HeatGeek vs Octopus surveys: puzzling disparity - any ideas why?
@majordennisbloodnok @tomtheheatingengineer For my ...
By JamesPa , 1 day ago
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RE: Do I add Air Con or MVHR to existing A2W ASHP?
There is scope for product development here. I for one...
By JamesPa , 1 day ago
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RE: Is the "divide by 2900" rule still valid?
Really flow rate is a pipework limitation not a water p...
By JamesPa , 2 days ago
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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 , 5 days ago
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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 , 5 days ago
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RE: Is it the house or the equipment?
...which, I've found out, is pretty much impossible to ...
By Majordennisbloodnok , 5 days ago
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RE: Mitsubishi Ecodan FTC6 settings
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