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@toodles , @ianmk13, as a former engineer and slightly obsessive detail person, that’s the approach I’m taking, researching everything and trying to u...
I think the topic of air infiltration and the requirement for careful detailing probably would merit a bespoke topic, if there isn’t one already. I ...
I've just realised that I've not provided an update on this, been rather busy. In summary, from my understanding: Octopus Energy confirmed that, at ...
Sorry, I obviously didn’t explain that very well, and wrong to boot. As you say, the room/house heat loss is fixed and determined by the fabric and ou...
Could it be that the column labelled “Watts Required” is the value of the room heat loss estimate already modified by the radiator output factor at th...
@toodles you forgot the gold plated lettering. Yes, I was probably being unfair and a bit facetious, apologies for that, the assessor obviously put in...
Interesting comparative article from Passivehaus Trust on this subject EPCs as Efficiency Targets. A few years old, but I believe broadly relevant sti...
@transparent Ah, terminology tripping me up again. I think we’ve got to the bottom of the point of responsibility now. If NGED could just draw me a pi...
Thanks again @transparent for correcting my ignorance. On first reading, I did get the impression that the conclusion was only to charge at the point ...
Thanks again @transparent. I’ve now (speed) read the OFGEM Access Charges document, I think I have a basic understanding, though I may be wrong. From ...
Thanks @transparent for the information and advice and correcting the fuse information. I had read somewhere that the DNO might not allow full loadi...
@transparent Thanks for your input. You are of course correct, my DNO is the former Western Power Distribution, now a division of National Grid, NGED....
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RE: Maximising Savings: Navigating My First Year with Octopus Energy and Heat Pump Running Costs
@allyfish Having been on Agile tariff again for several...
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RE: Gas Combi to ASHP - Making sense of survey results and proposal.
An annual gas use figure of 13000kWh, as long as you ar...
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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself
@dr_dongle Living as we do on a hill, one side of our p...
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RE: Fossil Fuel Fired Heating v Heat Pump?
Another aspect was the DHW heating; the coal fire in th...
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RE: ASHP Advice: High Temperature vs. Low Temperature Heat Pump For Microbore
@jamespa I fully agree with James that a HT heat pump...
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RE: Installing your own ASHP - DIY
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RE: Viessmann Vitocal 250-A in the UK
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RE: Vaillant Arotherm Settings for New Installation
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RE: Microbore Central Heating Plumbing, will it be a barrier / pain?
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The temporary fix has reconnected about 60% of users, a...
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RE: What is Wrong with our Heat Pump Installation?
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Issues with Vaillant connectivity via the MyCONNECT gateway
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RE: Massive Electricity Cost for Running My Air Source Heat Pump
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