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Sam, You are right in that the ASHP needs to be 1m from your boundary for permitted development. This is to protect your neighbour rather than you ...
@george, thanks and sorry it didn't register with me you're the same George who wrote the review. I'm beginning to think our ASHP (the same as yours) ...
All set for 8:30 tomorrow. The cylinder arrived on Friday and all storage heaters are removed and furniture/stuff moved out the way. I've agreed ...
@george, how big is your house, e.g. m2 and EPC numbers? Also, you use a lot of hot water; nearly 40% of total cost? (I'm getting the same ASHP as...
Mike, On the information sharing point, good idea. I suppose this forum provides an element of this in the absence of anything from OFGEM. On the...
An update. I have spent a lot of today going through the heat loss and radiator sizing calculations that our supplier sent us (on time as promised) y...
They may direct you to go down the Lawful Development Certificate route. It's a way of confirming you don't need PP. But it'll cost you a hun...
K2 and K3 are essentially the same, but with 2 and 3 panels/sets of fins. A Stelrad K2 1000x600 gives 1732W, a K3 2389W. These at 'standard' temps b...
I think a lot of companies are busy with GHG work? I don't know. Anyway, I got an email this morning asking of they can install a week earlier due ...
@morgan, yes I got a quote from another local company. They didn't visit but based it on the EPC and a floorplan I sent. It was £16-17k all in (depe...
@nredshaw, sounds like you have a good set up there. We have a similar-sounding house, also in Lincs and are in the process of getting an ASHP (see m...
Mars, no upsizing as such as we don't have any rads at the moment. The quote we got says all rads will be Stelrad K2.
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