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Mike Patrick
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Last seen: Oct 28, 2025
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RE: RDSAP10 effect on existing heat pump EPC rating?

@judith This is very interesting. I've located and printed out Michael De Podesta's latest "A" rated EPC to compare it with my own "D" rated one. Bo...

1 week ago
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Government Schemes, Regulations, Planning & Organisations
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RE: RDSAP10 effect on existing heat pump EPC rating?

Just returning to this issue after a few days working in Riyadh. Lots of heat pumps there but for aircon rather than heating! Petrol is about 40 pence...

1 week ago
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Government Schemes, Regulations, Planning & Organisations
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RE: Daikin Octopus installation update - I saw my first defrost. 😍😂

@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...

3 weeks ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: RDSAP10 effect on existing heat pump EPC rating?

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...

3 weeks ago
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Government Schemes, Regulations, Planning & Organisations
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RE: RDSAP10 effect on existing heat pump EPC rating?

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

4 weeks ago
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Government Schemes, Regulations, Planning & Organisations
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RE: RDSAP10 effect on existing heat pump EPC rating?

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...

4 weeks ago
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Government Schemes, Regulations, Planning & Organisations
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RE: RDSAP10 effect on existing heat pump EPC rating? _ Heat Pump worse than a Storage Heater!!

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...

4 weeks ago
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Government Schemes, Regulations, Planning & Organisations
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RE: RDSAP10 effect on existing heat pump EPC rating?

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...

1 month ago
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Government Schemes, Regulations, Planning & Organisations
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RE: RDSAP10 effect on existing heat pump EPC rating?

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...

1 month ago
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Government Schemes, Regulations, Planning & Organisations
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RE: RDSAP10 effect on existing heat pump EPC rating?

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 ...

1 month ago
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Government Schemes, Regulations, Planning & Organisations
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RE: Renewables & Heat Pumps in the News

In the FT today, a report that heat pump take up in Europe has failed, so far, to meet expectations. Mike

2 months ago
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Well & Truly Off The Grid
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RE: The EPC Dilemma: How Current Ratings Fail Heat Pumps

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...

8 months ago
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Government Schemes, Regulations, Planning & Organisations
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