Last seen: Feb 6, 2026
Despite reservations, I found some time to respond to this consultation, largely on the grounds that I felt that it might be useful for them to have a...
@editor I’ve a strange feeling of Déjà vu, like I’ve been around this loop before. After trying to get any sense out of BDUK/DSIT regarding Gigabit ...
Finger trouble … I agree, somebody on the village Facebook site just posted with the familiar HP issues, I am trying to forward them to thi...
@editor Sound advice. I think the first thing should be to get a proper heat loss calculation. Then act on recommendations to reduce heat loss before ...
@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 ...
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RE: Octopus Cosy 12 Heat Pump Regret: Incredibly Loud, Poor Heating & Constant Hum - Help!
Yeah, the 20.8C holds in the hall. Currently, the hall ...
By razz , 18 minutes ago
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RE: Help me keep the faith with my air source heat pump installation
Got Vaillant coming on Monday. Any tips on how to get t...
By AdamK , 6 hours ago
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RE: High Temp Heat Pumps for fast warm-up of house
Several years ago we went away for a weekend in the mid...
By JohnnyB , 10 hours ago
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@jamespa Many thanks NAPIT have misinformed me again. 2...
By Bart , 10 hours ago
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RE: Rate the quality of your heat pump design and installation
@technogeek, you raise several fair points. You’re abs...
By Mars , 11 hours ago
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@sune, will you be easy to identify and are you still s...
By Mars , 11 hours ago
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RE: Gaslighting in the heat pump industry – has anyone else experienced this?
What’s remarkable from this very short thread is just h...
By Mars , 12 hours ago
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RE: Testing new controls/monitoring for Midea Clone ASHP
@benson I am using the met.no forecast integration and ...
By Grantmethestrength , 12 hours ago
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RE: Setback savings - fact or fiction?
The system I looked at and used the charts from was a M...
By cathodeRay , 14 hours ago
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RE: My NIBE ASHP Nightmare: No Commissioning, High Bills and a Hostile Installer
er, if you do this how will the heat pump ever know to ...
By JamesPa , 15 hours ago
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RE: What a Bad Heat Pump Installation Looks Like
@editor I can just about make the badges from the front...
By idemportent , 15 hours ago
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RE: Need help maximising COP of 3.5kW Valiant Aerotherm heat pump
Btw, fixing your system so the underfloor heating is wo...
By Adrian , 17 hours ago
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RE: Optimising LG Therma V R32 using AI
On the main controller you can easily press + or - u...
By Tim441 , 19 hours ago
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RE: If a heat pump can only heat DHW to 50C then what? Issue with 18KW Heliotherm heat pump
@errmm, have the original installers not come out to ha...
By Mars , 1 day ago
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RE: Vaillant Tech Support Flagged Low DT: UFH Return Cold, Suspected Zero Flow
@editor thanks for the tips which I will try before cal...
By DavidB , 1 day ago
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RE: Daikin 6kw setup with Dixell controller
@jamespa Many thanks for your reply, a very detailed an...
By CraigH , 2 days ago
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RE: Exploring the role of alternative clean heating solutions - Government Consultation
Despite reservations, I found some time to respond to t...
By Rusty , 2 days ago
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RE: New Vaillant aroTherm Plus in black - When will it come to the UK?
@crankplus, nope, still not, and I've followed up with ...
By Mars , 2 days ago
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RE: Octopus Cosy Heat Pump Owners & Discussion Thread
@agentgeorge Probably, but temperature change at -10 ha...
By AndrewJ , 2 days ago
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RE: External wall insulation - your experience
To be clear, my experience was very positive. The journ...
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