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Last seen: Jan 14, 2026
Thank ou all for comments, just to refocus I am not looking to install anything complicated that needs certification, maintenance, am not fixed to 4-6...
Thanks for all your suggestions, am thinking that a few 4-6 pv panels would drive a DC immersion in the CH system just enough to raise water temp up a...
Thanks for the reply, am not an electrician, so was looking to find other people that have already tried this type of system, ie, vertical panels that...
Thankyou for the brain dump, all very worthy items. Was really looking for experiences of a range of people that have already installed vertical pan...
Thanks for the suggestion, but farmhouse is grade 2 listed, not double glazed, stone walls and not suited to ashp as too big and not insulated. Tena...
Thank you for those that replied, am disappointed that grants are not available for bivalent systems, as wanted to do the best thing for the environme...
thanks for your reply, tried to explain that tenants for us appear transitent, currently three tenants in the same number of years, first were police ...
Our current tenant pays us monthly rent, the purchase of heating oil is their responsibility as is their elecricity usage. Previous tenant started t...
Dear Jamespa thankyou for your detailed reply, but it really scares me, there seem to be so many things that need to be just correct to achieve the pe...
Gloucestershire, did not realise that old oil system has to be made unoperational to qualify for grant, what if you start up a bivalent system sometim...
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