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@batpred Have a read of this if you haven’t read it already: Heat Geeks told me that another factor to take into account is de-icing when it come...
@martinrobinson I thought about getting a new cylinder but, as you say, even with my dodgy ‘man maths’, I couldn’t justify it. My present cylinder is ...
Despite some reservations, I eventually opted for a Heat Geek Zero Disrupt installation ( well not quite). The HG survey for Zero Disprupt survey ca...
Sorry to bounce your thread. To put to bed some concerns that I had about R290 heat pump protected zones; 10mm PLEX piping etc, I agreed to a HG Min D...
@jamespa As far as my property is concerned, the HG calculator is broken. I recall when I last looked at it 2 or so so years ago, my property defaulte...
@deltona I just wonder how many HG surveys end up with a discussion about the need for a new HW cylinder? My HG estimate for a minimal disruption inst...
@ashp-bobba Thanks. I appreciate your helpful comments.
@editor1 Thanks for your view on this offer. On the face of it, it is very attractive. The initial estimate comes in low and then I guess the fun sta...
I met with a local Stiebel Eltron HP installer a year ago. He quoted me £10K for just a HP and cylinder, and he wanted me to do the heat loss survey. ...
@ashp-bobba I can well see the argument for moving an air brick to end up with a compliant R290 installation; however, my reading of Building Regulati...
Just to demonstrate how silly this whole HP R290 gas safety debate is, my Samsung R290 heat pump tumble dryer is happily sitting underneath my gas boi...
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RE: Jokes and fun posts about heat pumps and renewables
@transparent I’ve heard that that is why American cars ...
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RE: HeatGeek vs Octopus surveys: puzzling disparity - any ideas why?
Have either quote provided room by room heat loss calcu...
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RE: Heat Pump Servicing & Maintenance – Good Value or Rip-Off?
@old_scientist if you are going DIY then you may wan...
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RE: Indevolt Batteries UK Support & Info Thread
After a short while that was followed by the 'power war...
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RE: Samsung heat pump - data cable issue
That's well done. Cable is the correct type (LIYCY = 2x...
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RE: Electricity price predictions
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RE: Missing flow temperature in Heat Geek proposal
@editor I went through HG website, so should be ok for ...
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Who did the Freedom Heat Pump cloud server and what did...
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?
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I hope it goes ok, Hon can be hard to set up IF the sof...
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@clockworks Hi, So there is a big difference between st...
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@editor wellvery comprehensive answer. I will get all i...
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RE: Advice on my Heat Pump Journey: Old Stone Built Detached Cottage
all good advice I will follow this up
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