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Last seen: Aug 14, 2026
@kevh Blimey you got a good rate. Here in the NW our cosy off peak rate was 14.3 and I had to fix and pay an exit fee to get that. We managed to stay ...
@toodles Charlie could do the job for us this week, for once he’d be earning his sovereign grant. I’m sure he could find a reason to wear a ceremonial...
@jamespa Brown envelopes, in one form or another, are universal. Having spent my career either side of the interface between private and state heal...
@jamespa Yes another missed opportunity yesterday, but one day justice will be served. Going after the pope was a particularly dumb move, now he’s ...
@toodles Yes Octopus customer services was very upfront, they told me it is was 50/50 whether IOF and OF ever returns even if wholesale costs stabi...
@toodles The octopus comms has been poor about tariffs, they haven’t even indicated what needs to change before they restart IOF. I’ve waited a mon...
@chandykris I fixed on cosy last September at about 14.5 and it came down to 10.7 a few weeks ago. It’s only a £25 penalty to exit but it finishes in ...
@toodles The whole scheme is a shocking waste of money. At least the standard scheme delivers some energy performance improvements to those on low inc...
@giganto That sounds like a very worthwhile exercise, justifying their existence. From my experience with installers and complaints, I’ve seen them ...
@editor We had our MCS quality audit this morning. 10 mins in total to cover heat pump and solar. He only superficially checked the “as built” status....
@batpred The proof of the pudding will be pricing in 12 months time. It will be fab if it has worked and I’d eat my hat if I owned one.I was hoping...
@jamespa I hadn’t read any opinions on this matter. But, it’s common sense that by increasing taxation, those charges are going to come back to the...
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RE: Volumisers in Heat Pump Systems: Does Placement Matter?
Volumisers are normally plumbed so that they are in the...
By JamesPa , 5 hours ago
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@toodles possibly. The £9k labour charge for 4-5 days w...
By AndrewJ , 10 hours ago
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RE: Plug and play solar. Thoughts?
My thought is simple. Bring it on and bring on plug in...
By JamesPa , 14 hours ago
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RE: Heat Geek mini store vs pump size
Yes I agree, that’s why Heat Geek have most likely sele...
By Tomtheheatingengineer , 1 day ago
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?
@chandykris Swings and Roundabouts, you win some…. ...
By Toodles , 1 day ago
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@tomtheheatingengineer, thank you, and welcome to the f...
By Mars , 1 day ago
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RE: HeatGeek vs Octopus surveys: puzzling disparity - any ideas why?
@majordennisbloodnok @tomtheheatingengineer For my ...
By JamesPa , 1 day ago
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RE: Do I add Air Con or MVHR to existing A2W ASHP?
There is scope for product development here. I for one...
By JamesPa , 2 days ago
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RE: Is the "divide by 2900" rule still valid?
Really flow rate is a pipework limitation not a water p...
By JamesPa , 2 days ago
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RE: The good, the bad and the not that great – my heat pump installation
@burtis, I’ve followed this thread pretty much from the...
By Mars , 5 days ago
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RE: Starting Our Heat Pump Journey: 1962 build 3 bed detached house
First time poster here but I can share my experience as...
By SCH , 5 days ago
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RE: Is it the house or the equipment?
...which, I've found out, is pretty much impossible to ...
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