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The current cold spell from the start of the year has prompted me, yet again, to review the daily kWh usage of our (Grant Aerona) ASHP. Overall hous...
@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...
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...
@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
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