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I received confirmation this morning that my Greener Home Reward from my mortgage provider has been approved, so the additional £2,000 of support towa...
I should perhaps have mentioned this in my post, as I'd factored this in to how they are set up. There's an expectation of a temperature drop of 5°C ...
I couldn't see a way to detach one element from control without the other, but perhaps that's just a case of me not looking closely enough.I did menti...
Yes, the priority for now is to best match the usage patterns in the house. There is a demand for evening showers as well as early morning ones, and ...
A few initial thoughts on Havenwise, from a new end-user perspective:Signing up to Havenwise was something I'd always had in mind once the system was ...
@old_scientist I took a closer look behind the pump this morning. As I'd expected, there are two anti-freeze valves (as least I think that's what the...
@rikiarn Out of intrigue, the thread reads as though Aira and Octopus are the only installation options you have considered, along with the Heat Geek ...
@jamespa Your post reminded me of an interesting interaction at the start of the installation process, when I was walking the guys around the house on...
@old_scientist It's not the clearest photo, so I will have to look again when I'm home. In terms of the pipework in the ducting, I know that this wa...
Thanks @toodles. It's also an appropriate point for me to thank those on this forum who've contributed to this process, either via direct interaction...
First update as a heat pump user:I gave myself a few hours playing with the MelCloud app on the evening of install, and on the morning the following d...
Having gone through a heat pump installation this week, I can attest to the sheer scale of the installation operation, relative to that for a boiler. ...
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