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About Me
I run Firepower with my dad John and we've been supplying the trade with renewable heating equipment for many years - wood pellet boilers, wood boilers, heat pumps, thermal stores, spares and gizmos. Often the team will have initial discussions with homeowners to see which solution is most suitable for them, we can do a whole-house heating report which helps to identify insulation improvements, and to select the right size of appliance. If at that point everything is looking good we make an introduction to the local engineer. We have a permanent stand at the NSBRC in Swindon which is well worth a visit if you're planning on home improvements or a new house. They have regular events and exhibitions with impartial experts on hand to consult with. The NSBRC are an employee owned organisation, something we're also working towards. To help contribute back again and improve standards I'm on the Hetas technical committee, the BSI RHE/28 committee, and the MCS Biomass working group.
I also work with local sustainability groups to promote actions connected to climate & environment. I run a CIC called Begin By Starting which has various social and ecological projects on the go and am a Parish Councillor. In my spare time I appear to be obsessed with surfing 😉
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RE: SCOP and seasonal variations
The only difference is that one is seasonally adjusted?...
By Derek M , 6 mins ago
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RE: Question about Ecodan's Room Autoadapt mode
@gary Thanks. I'm emboldened to give it a go!
By afarmery , 14 mins ago
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RE: My ASHP is not performing as well as I’d hoped: COP just over 2
@toodles No. But I wasn't forced there either and The K...
By Morgan , 5 hours ago
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RE: Viessmann Vitocal 250-A in the UK
We have a 10Kw Viessmann 200A it SCOP is currently 5.2,...
By MikeF , 5 hours ago
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RE: New Fogstar 15.5kWh upright solution
Sunsynk not the best in my experience. Poor software, l...
By HughF , 8 hours ago
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RE: Issues with Vaillant connectivity via the MyCONNECT gateway
@drew-pa Thanks - Yes, it is the MyCONNECT gateway (VR...
By dr_dongle , 12 hours ago
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RE: Jokes and fun posts about heat pumps and renewables
Recent advances in AI are stunning. I enabled 'facial...
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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...
By Toodles , 1 day ago
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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...
By Toodles , 1 day ago
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RE: Fossil Fuel Fired Heating v Heat Pump?
Another aspect was the DHW heating; the coal fire in th...
By Toodles , 1 day ago
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In an ideal world a heat pump unit would contain two co...
By Derek M , 2 days ago
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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...
By Derek M , 2 days ago
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RE: Installing your own ASHP - DIY
@tomasmcguinness Have you been able to perform any sani...
By IanMK13 , 2 days ago
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RE: Vaillant Arotherm Settings for New Installation
@drew-pa Ah thanks. Good to know I dont have a misconce...
By bontwoody , 2 days ago
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RE: Aira Heat Pump: Stylish Scandinavian Heating
On the whole marketing claims vs reality on performance...
By GunboatDiplomat , 2 days ago
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RE: Microbore Central Heating Plumbing, will it be a barrier / pain?
@mattc All the existing (designed for T50) radiators ar...
By IanMK13 , 3 days ago
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The temporary fix has reconnected about 60% of users, a...
By Abernyte , 3 days ago
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RE: What is Wrong with our Heat Pump Installation?
Having to run the heat pump during the summer for DHW s...
By Toodles , 3 days ago
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Interesting heat pumps installations
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