Last seen: Feb 2, 2022
£16.5k for a major ASHP installation - probably 2-3 weeks work in total as it was a problematical install, including about 1k of extra bits and bobs.
He's talking a fair bit of rubbish here but the short answer is I think you'd be very lucky to get one in and RHI approved by then due to the lack of ...
It's more underneath the roof to the woodstore than inside it - you can see the dogs kennel in the last picture it's pretty much there. Has about 2' b...
Hi....we originally planned ours to be at the back of the house, shown below as the X: This is where the installers (and us) wanted it as it would...
Hi Mike, yeah draughtproofing is absolutely essential for an ASHP. Because we had the logburners on semi-permanently the draughts were never a massive...
Hi Mike, we have a 210m2 stone cottage that sounds similar to yours with thick walls and mostly tiled floors. It works well but we have a single story...
Wow...that's a huge amount indeed.
Ahh that makes sense thank you. We have a similar size house, if a little smaller (210 vs 230m2) and thermostats mostly set to 18/19. Our total usage ...
Interesting figures - it looks like you are using less electricity in 2021 than 2020? Obviously the costs have gone up though so I appreciate your bil...
So as an update, I think November has been the first real 'cold' month we've experienced and we had some really hard frosts aswell out here in the mid...
Interesting conundrum and longterm I am sure prices will come down, as they have done with Solar - my folks installation was £16k about 15 years ago a...
Hi Keith, Sorry to hear about your problems with installers. We had a system fitted in the summer and to be honest, it was a total nightmare getting...
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