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RE: Heat Pumps Without Grants: Would You Have Installed One & Will You Now?

I might install one without the grant, but it would either be a DIY project or an economical install where I have more control over what is being prov...

7 days ago
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Government Schemes, Regulations, Planning & Organisations
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RE: Renewables & Heat Pumps in the News

But in practice, doesn't the need for Building Regs approval typically force you to comply with MCS? Because MCS as a competent person scheme can self...

1 week ago
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Well & Truly Off The Grid
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RE: Renewables & Heat Pumps in the News

If the Government remove the grant then they should also be removing some of rigid and inflexible installation standards which push up the cost of ins...

1 week ago
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Well & Truly Off The Grid
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RE: My DIY Heat Pump installation

For your DIY install, what did you do about the whole building regs / certification side of things?

2 weeks ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Are We Sleepwalking Into Another Race to the Bottom?

The Toyota plugin hybrids are very similar to their regular hybrids, same design of drive train but with slightly more powerful motors, and the hybrid...

3 weeks ago
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Government Schemes, Regulations, Planning & Organisations
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RE: Are We Sleepwalking Into Another Race to the Bottom?

For minimal disruption and systems which are more affordable, and so likely to be more sellable, I wonder if there needs to be more pragmatism and all...

3 weeks ago
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Government Schemes, Regulations, Planning & Organisations
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RE: My experience with 3 heat pump surveys: Heat Geek, British Gas & Octopus

Did they confirm it was being installed as an actual 4 connection buffer tank or as a 2 connection volumiser tank? I had an Octopus survey, the surv...

4 weeks ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Are We Sleepwalking Into Another Race to the Bottom?

Yes the heat pump cylinders use coils with high surface areas, but that isn't the problem, the difficulty comes from the MCS standard sizing formula r...

1 month ago
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Government Schemes, Regulations, Planning & Organisations
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RE: Are We Sleepwalking Into Another Race to the Bottom?

I think the current requirements and installer approach to hot water cylinders creates a lot of unnecessary and avoidable disruption, and cost for hom...

1 month ago
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Government Schemes, Regulations, Planning & Organisations
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RE: Powerwall 3 or Myenergi or something else?

Yes I was thinking of outdoor, IP65 batteries with built-in heating, these: Dyness G2 - 10kWh, IP65 outdoor rated with temperature control. £1500 ...

2 months ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: Powerwall 3 or Myenergi or something else?

Many of those tariffs are simple time of use tariffs, where the off-peak rates apply to all of your household consumption during those times. It is ju...

2 months ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: Is a Valliant Inline 6kW heater a BUS buster?

Many of the R290 models have only launched in the last year or two, some manufacturers are still in the process of launching their ranges, so these ar...

2 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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