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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...
For your DIY install, what did you do about the whole building regs / certification side of things?
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...
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...
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...
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...
I think the current requirements and installer approach to hot water cylinders creates a lot of unnecessary and avoidable disruption, and cost for hom...
Yes I was thinking of outdoor, IP65 batteries with built-in heating, these: Dyness G2 - 10kWh, IP65 outdoor rated with temperature control. £1500 ...
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...
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...
Possibly not the answer you might want, but if it were me I wouldn't be in any rush at all and I would wait to see how the BUS scheme and the MCS rule...
There's room for disagreement even here, particularly on the topic of natural gas. The UK is going to need natural gas for at least the next 10-20 y...
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RE: Why don't people choose heat pumps?
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RE: DIY powerflushing tutorial
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@brazilguy67, glad you've managed to get someone to hav...
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RE: Air source heat pump roll call – what heat pump brand and model do you have?
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RE: How Can I Prove Coal Was My Main Heating Source Without Receipts?
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RE: Buffer tank on a 2 x 14kw Ecodan system
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RE: Help me keep the faith with my air source heat pump installation
Well you have a vibration generator running at some fre...
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?
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RE: Should Households Who Can Afford It Pay More for Energy to Help Those Who Can't?
@batpred I mentioned earlier that targeting the payment...
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RE: Adventures in heat loss calculations
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Six books in three years and I think I’ve now covered j...
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RE: Grant Aerona3 13kw - Buffer Tank - Heating Journey
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Grant Aerona - Weather Compensation and Schedules
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