Last seen: Jan 13, 2023
Two weeks have passed since everything was commissioned. The ASHP has used 520 kWh of electricity so far, averaging 35 kWh per day (excluding the fir...
I've had my LG Therma V running for a week now. We have underfloor heating throughout. DHW is set to 50 degrees and water flow temp is set to 40 deg...
thanks @Mars - just watched it, and very interesting!
Our ASHP is finally installed 🙂 Because our house already had underfloor heating in every room, I was expecting the installation to be a relativel...
Tomorrow's the big day... installation! Yesterday, our energy supplier (Neon Reef) went in to administration, so we've gone from a 13p/kWh fixed pri...
HIES have responded to my email, I feel their response is actually much more informative than the response I had from MCS: First of all, I would s...
Their assumptions are listed in the heat loss calcs. I gave an example above about how their assumptions for the glass is different. It's the same fo...
I think this is exactly what's happened. All three companies have used different inputs for the wall insulation, roof insulation, glass heat loss, et...
Indeed, I thought the whole point of using MCS certified installers to provide a service was to get some level of guarantee that they do things correc...
I've updated the summary to show the calculated heat loss in watts and the heat loss W/m2 as per @Kev M's suggestion. Company A heat loss calculatio...
@editor Yes, please do. Thanks!
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