Joining the Renewable Heating Hub forums is completely free and only takes a minute. By registering you’ll be able to ask questions, join discussions, follow topics you’re interested in, bookmark useful threads and receive notifications when someone replies. Non-registered members also do not have access to our AI features. When choosing your username, please note that it cannot be changed later, so we recommend avoiding brand or product names. Before registering, please take a moment to read the Forum Rules & Terms of Use so we can keep the community helpful, respectful and informative for everyone. Thanks for joining!
Last seen: Jul 12, 2026
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
SPONSORS
Degrees of Separation
Latest Posts
-
RE: Jokes and fun posts about heat pumps and renewables
@jamespa Normally, we have rainwater in our water butts...
By Toodles , 10 hours ago
-
RE: Heat Pump Servicing & Maintenance – Good Value or Rip-Off?
@old_scientist if you are going DIY then you may wan...
By Papahuhu , 15 hours ago
-
RE: Indevolt Batteries UK Support & Info Thread
After a short while that was followed by the 'power war...
By JamesPa , 15 hours ago
-
RE: Samsung heat pump - data cable issue
That's well done. Cable is the correct type (LIYCY = 2x...
By bobflux , 23 hours ago
-
RE: Electricity price predictions
I agree, we will find out at the next budget whether th...
By Old_Scientist , 1 day ago
-
RE: Missing flow temperature in Heat Geek proposal
@editor I went through HG website, so should be ok for ...
By sttpd1917 , 1 day ago
-
Who did the Freedom Heat Pump cloud server and what did...
By Mars , 1 day ago
-
RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?
Reading between the lines of what octopus are doing wit...
By JamesPa , 1 day ago
-
RE: Air to air bus grant installer anywhere
The through wall two hole ones have their place (listed...
By EtchedPixels , 1 day ago
-
I hope it goes ok, Hon can be hard to set up IF the sof...
By Graham Hendra , 2 days ago
-
@clockworks Hi, So there is a big difference between st...
By ASHP-BOBBA , 2 days ago
-
@editor wellvery comprehensive answer. I will get all i...
By Keithb , 2 days ago
-
RE: Advice on my Heat Pump Journey: Old Stone Built Detached Cottage
all good advice I will follow this up
By PaulC , 2 days ago
-
Heat of vaporization of water is 2.25 MJ/kg (0.625 kWh/...
By bobflux , 2 days ago
-
RE: Existing Solar Panel installation - structural roof calculation check
What will also happen is that they see that there is so...
By EtchedPixels , 3 days ago
SPONSORS
