Last seen: Jun 17, 2025
My first winter with a heat pump too. 3 bed bungalow - 90 sqm (ish) plus cellar, average but patchy insulation, built into a hill & a bit expose...
@transparent @lucia - are you noting all this? I am indeed (and thank you for tagging me) but restraining myself until later as I have soooo ...
@editor Why This Must Change The UK government needs to scrap the marginal pricing model and adopt a fairer system that reflects the real costs of ...
@cathoderay The problem is, unless I have missed something, is he just asserts system volume 'really helps' with defrosts, which I take to mean it re...
@jamespa Multiple zones (with all that implies), buffer tanks/low loss headers, volumisers (which should be distinguished from buffer tanks as they...
Meant to add this but have been buried under piles of work. My submission: "The proposal to add the cost of an additional allowance for the Networ...
@transparent The solution is to mandate the need for rooftop solar panels, but using an inverter which doesn't permit export. The electricity sho...
I second this - pure weather compensation works extremely well on my Daikin - no cycling when it's mid-range OATs and it maintains the inside temperat...
@jamespa The article goes on to say this "However, minimum standards for energy efficiency in newly built properties under the rules will preclud...
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RE: Mitsubishi Ecodan Fails to Heat Water despite temperature drop
Hi @m1kegibson Maybe a long shot but is the controll...
By RobS , 5 minutes ago
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Good question and you’re not wrong to question the term...
By Mars , 40 minutes ago
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RE: Renewables & Heat Pumps in the News
Yes I realise I'm picking this up a week late...... but...
By Transparent , 10 hours ago
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@editor Mars if you have any recommendations for down s...
By abam48 , 22 hours ago
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RE: Surface mount or bury primaries for heat pump installation?
@tomasmcguinness HI, The rules is a best practise, the ...
By ASHP-BOBBA , 1 day ago
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RE: Vaillant AroTherm Plus 7kW
@scalextrix if your under unit heater is like our Myson...
By Judith , 1 day ago
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RE: Getting the best out of a heat pump - is Homely a possible answer?
@cathoderay how did you get a script to run for that- d...
By benson , 1 day ago
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RE: Renewable Heating Hub Homeowners' Q&A Podcast
@ashp-bobba thank you, and equally so, thank you for ta...
By Mars , 3 days ago
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@judith good to know… I’ll continue to feed Wattson, an...
By Mars , 3 days ago
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RE: My misgivings about installing ASHP and solar panels via the ECO4 scheme...
@editor great article re accreditation. I note ISO/IEC ...
By Bart , 4 days ago
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?
I don't (yet), but my PW3 is due to be installed shortl...
By Old_Scientist , 4 days ago
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RE: MCS and NAPIT complaints process
@chrislay, is your heat pump complaint still unresolved...
By Mars , 5 days ago
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RE: ASHP Install from hell - help please
@saf1973 I’ve been going through old cases on the forum...
By Mars , 5 days ago
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RE: RDSAP10 effect on existing heat pump EPC rating?
@aaron There's the rub, the database does not list my ...
By AF1 , 5 days ago
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RE: Commencing on an ASHP Installation Process
Yes, it's "doable" if everything goes to plan, they arr...
By Old_Scientist , 6 days ago
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RE: How not to install a heat pump
You are right. Thinking on this has evolved over the p...
By JamesPa , 1 week ago
