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@transparent Don’t want to muddy the discussion on gas disconnection (although I guess I’ve already done that, though I was only intending to add th...
@irmartini Yes, I’ve found an Octopus blog about gas meter removal that says that they don’t charge and are effectively absorbing the costs and char...
@irmartini looks like OFGEM recognise there is an issue: No idea if there are any standing charge free gas suppliers. Octopus told me that the...
I don’t have any experience of gas disconnection, but I had the same issue with an electricity meter. Basically for historical reasons we have two ele...
@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...
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