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My mistake and very happy to state the installer. Work was done by AAC Group who have recently moved from Ashford to Folkestone in Kent. As stated...
To answer your questions 1) Daily COP including hot water ranges between 3.4 and 4 in the last 7 days since installation, still learning how best to...
Better still learn how to use Heat Punk (free) and do your own calculations. It does not have to be exact (none of them are, plus or minus 20% would ...
Nice guy from Octopus insisted I had 8.8 kW heat loss and wanted to install a 9 kW Dakin, Local guy that I have a lot of confidence in (appears on t...
It may be clutching at straws but heat has to go somewhere, is it possible to insulate the external edge of the solid floors so that the whole floor b...
I am still at the just looking (and seeking good advice) stage but very unlikely to spend £10 -20k without some help. Existing gas boiler is doing fi...
@allyfish Thank you for the information, may I ask how much battery storage you have (kWh rather than £). So glad I joined this site rather than fee...
TO Lucia yes I totally agree but currently it is looking like £5000 ish investment after grant and no financial return which is a big donation to savi...
6000 kW is enough to cover the whole winter heating assuming 100% efficiency. (Yes I know any decent system should be much much better than that) but ...
I have solar and batteries and was seriously considering installing a heat pump but lack of daylight and need for heating tend to come together in the...
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