Last seen: Mar 12, 2025
I had a similar issue but convinced the installer to leave them . They don’t switch off (no trv), and in actual fact 2 of them and the heat from downs...
Octopus designed my home to 21 living areas ,19 bedrooms at 50c at -2 ish. In reality my flow temp is 38c at -3 and that keeps the whole house at 20.5...
My view is the heat geeks seem to be revered beyond what is rational. I would imagine their install will be good, but there is no chance it will be 5k...
Ps the HIES insurance is worth absolutely nothing
I am not an expert at all in terms of pipework sizing, but what I learned from my heat pump journey is that it’s all based on surveys and not an exact...
I have all of my upstairs radiators and downstairs UFH on one zone , and all of the flow pumped from the ASHP (no separate circulation pump for UFH). ...
Has anyone done a self install of homely ? or self installed a planet device (I also couldn’t really find reviews ) They both look simple to inst...
@allyfish thanks a lot for your comprehensive reply! ok I think my system seems to be pretty ok then, basically the madoka is calling for heat all d...
Quick question. Octopus have contacted me to suggest installing a wireless 3rd party thermostat on the ground floor to replace the existing madoka . ...
@andy_e I faced the exact same dilemma recently (there's a post somewhere about it). I initially opted for Aira, but on the install day within 30 min...
@allyfish ok that's good to know, little bit less smug now! I do have a grid consumption meter and can isolate the heatpump from everything else, it's...
Hi all I did a lot of digging into this , there are 2 things I head to tweak which apparently are common settings to change on the Daikin Altherma: ...
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