Last seen: Sep 8, 2025
That's a great opener, @fabz 🙂 Let me respond to the last point first: It would be pretty difficult to devise a way to export to the grid without...
Thanks for that arithmatic @technogeek and I hope newcomers here can follow that example. Your electricity tariff tells us that you're currently usi...
Indeed so, @jamespa Although I'm often using so little that it hardly seems worth the trouble to actually download the data into a spreadsheet.Here'...
There are 3rd-party services, such as the Bright App from Hildebrand, which you can use to retrieve all the half-hour (HH) usage readings for the past...
Hi @declan90 - we'll be very happy to discuss those options with you. On this forum we usually segregate the various technologies into separate topi...
Thanks @derek-m There are two points here which I need to address separately. A: Before a heat-pump is installed there must be an energy survey perf...
I understand @technogeek However, as this is the main Welcome Topic which everyone reads, I need to pick up two assertions you've just made. 1: A ...
Sorry to hear this @technogeek But I'm puzzled by your description of the failure.I too have a thermal solar system. As I installed it myself, I hav...
Welcome @marknw - For you and @mark3robinson who has also just joined here, could you please do us a favour... ... tell all your friends and relativ...
Here's relevant sections from Part-L of the Building Regulations which applied when your system was installed over 2 years ago:
I agree with @derek that this needs to go to your MP. Your installation will probably also have been given approval by your Local Planning Authority...
Thanks for those comment @mark3robinson and welcome to the Forum.Vaillant have successfully built up a large number of approved installers. Whether ...
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Just done your survey!
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