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@editor Just had my first defrost of this season. Outside temperature dropped to 6C overnight, so well off freezing. But it was a damp foggy mo...
Two steps forward and one back. A further "conversation" with ChatGPT contradicted some information in the first one and I am now back to reviewing th...
Tim, Yes ChatGPT thought I could get another 10 points just for that change. That would get me over the line to a C. Mike
Thanks for this. ChatGPT has proved very helpful. It helped me identify that the problem with the EPC is probably down to just one word. It rates th...
Here's the EPC printout to illustrate the point I made in a post last week. Sorry to keep banging on about this - but it is bonkers. On the left the...
This is interesting. Attached is the page from my EPC which shows the Poor rating of the Main Heating and Hot Water. You've prompted me to look at t...
Our circumstances were slightly different in that the current EPC was issued after a ground up restoration of a semi-derelict building. We'd had a ful...
With the change to RdSAP in June I have just followed up with an EPC assessor to ask if it would make a difference to get our house re-rated. We have ...
In the FT today, a report that heat pump take up in Europe has failed, so far, to meet expectations. Mike
I've commented earlier in this thread, finding the same problems with our EPC. Yes, its a known problem with the methodology and the government is tak...
Great track. Love it. Mike
Yes, it was much colder this January than in 2024. My own daily measurements show it here in West Oxofordshire. Dotted lines on the chart are last...
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