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As a single point of reference, we had all 12 radiators replaced during our ECO4 install with larger K2 Stelrad types. Out of interest I costed the ra...
And even more so for the ~1 million households in England and Wales on heating oil which is currently priced at around 12.2p/kWh here. An oil boiler o...
Indeed. My installers were old school plumbers with flux, solder and blow torches. I guess the point I was trying to make was that I was surprised b...
Playing devil's advocate for a moment. After the major items have been listed - the ASHP, DHW tank and radiators (all of which were multi £thousand ...
The ‘Warm Homes Plan’ was subsequently published in January 2026, which included details of the government’s aim to achieve 450,000 heat pump installa...
My guess is that if you do nothing, Octopus will continue to pay you at the Flux export rates (for now). My concern would be that at some point down...
I think that's how it should be, but the guy I spoke to had no idea how to do that, so just advised me to apply online (sigh).
@papahuhu I've spoken with Octopus this morning about switching the export tariff, and the guy wasn't aware of any process they can do their end to sw...
Switch to Cosy 12 month fixed initiated - just waiting for my email to accept. We are similar - PVGIS predicted generation of 420kWh for October, wh...
Checking my notes from last year when switching from IOF back to Cosy, I noted, like you, that the switch to Cosy for import happened very quickly. I ...
Answering my own question, from Octopus' Cosy page: We offer both flexible and fixed versions of Cosy. If you choose the fixed version, your price...
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Should I change my cylinder when changing from a gas boiler to a heat pump.
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Should I change my cylinder when changing from a gas boiler to a heat pump.
I have 178 L Gledhill unvented cylinder which was fitte...
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RE: Plug and play solar. Thoughts?
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@batpred The Daikin temperature probe protrudes from th...
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?
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