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Ground source heat pumps
In light of recent announcements by the government, does any one know how to access the grants for GSHP? I seem to be going round in circles on the government website. Thanks
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Upgrading heating system / energy - best option
I am moving to a new property soon and the gas combi boiler
will need to be changed at some point as it is reasonably old. I am looking to reduce
energy costs as well as carbon footprint. I will be having loft insulation
upgraded and will check the cavity wall insulation and get it installed or
upgraded if needed. I may…
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Solar install
We are looking at solar install and battery storage and have received 3 quotes which are all similar but advice seems to differ. We have an east roof and west roof with no shading so want to maximise the roof area if possible. So this looks around 8-10 panels per side. The quotes have suggested different panel sizes from…
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Imbalance of heating upstairs and downstairs
Apologies in advance if this is a silly question to ask but Google has genuinely not given me anything 🙈 So we’ve recently had our downstairs opened up and renovated to one large reception area (victorian 2 reception rooms knocked through and open to hallway/stairs) and in the process we’ve installed some very efficient…
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Get your heat pump quick?
The Renewable Heat Incentive scheme is set to close on 31st March 2022 to be replaced by a £5,000 grant towards the cost of an Air Source Heat Pump https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58959045 . Although the RHI scheme only pays you once a quarter over 7 years, you are likely to get a lot more in total than £5,000. It…
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Conservatory roof replacement - Is this worth it?
Just had a letter “important information about your conservatory” no name or address, so a cold call in effect. it’s from Greenspace UK who say I can replace the roof of my conservatory with an insulated alternative with a “substantial subsidy”. So does anyone know a) is it kosher? b) is it the best way of getting any…
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Keeping your fridge cooler money saving tip
I'm single and often, for long periods, my fridge has just the bare minimum in it. If I open the door to get something out, it's therefore losing a lot of its cooled air and is warming up. That's costing me money to then have it running to cool down again. I eat a fair bit of yogurt. The brand I use is sold in rectangular…
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Wattson Anywhere > reporting
Was broken. Seems to be working again.
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To optimise or not
Hi, After really struggling to get quotes, finally have got a decent quote for a non optimised 9kw system. But I'm struggling to decide whether to go for optimisers. I don't really have much shading on my roof, i have single roof which is south facing, I do have some trees on east and west, but these would only affect…
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Calculating solar energy production vs usage
Hi all Sorry if this has been done before but i am new to solar. I had a 5.7kw array installed with pigeon proofing for £4950 which i dont not think is bad. Very pleased with it as om these sunny autumn days we are producing approx 17kwh and 7kwh on very dull days. Looking forward to summer. We got a phev the next day so…
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It’s low humidity & a decent windspeed that makes a good drying day
If you’re trying to be green & moneysaving & choosing a good day to dry washing outdoors on the washing line there’s three things to consider • at least a few hours where the forecast is for less than 5% probability of rain • a decent wind speed forecast (15 mph plus?) • a forecast of low humidity, preferably less than…
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Air to air versus air to water heat pumps
Do air to air heat pumps produce as much heat as air to water and does the same efficiency apply ? Also, does the currently available funding apply to both or just air to water systems ?
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electric corsa charging problems
has anyone else had problems with their electric corsa not charging . the car has been to two different vauxhall dealerships and another two dealerships in my area refusing too look at it and they still haven t resolved the problem. A month later it has gone to a third dealershipto see if they can fix it . In the meantime…
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Pigeon proofing on PV a requirement?
The panels on the houses around me don't appear to have any pigeon proofing and it doesn't look like they have any issues with nesting, how many people here have issues with pigeons? It's playing on my mind whether I should request pigeon proofing or save the money.
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Acceptable Solar Panel quote for install 1.45/w ?
Just got a quote for 15 panel install for £8k, that works out at 1.45 per watt. Given the current situation is this the sort of price i should expect, I'm still waiting for other quotes but its taken ages to get someone to actually quote
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Shouldn't we be considering ethics as well as environment and money saving?
I welcome MSE's email explaining what happens now that my carefully chosen Pure Planet energy account has been taken over by Shell... a company with an apalling environmental and human rights record (see for example https://www.fairplanet.org/dossier/eco-crimes-shell-and-the-niger-delta/). Needless to say, I'll be…
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Replacing an oil boiler with biomass
Hi all I've just bought a barn conversion that is not on mains gas and currently has an oil boiler. We're looking at green options and sadly we can't get a ground source heat pump as we don't have 3 phase power. So the next option we're considering is a biomass boiler. While I'm not entirely convinced it's the best (given…
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Solar Panel Quote - Nottinghamshire
Hi All I'm looking at a Solar + Battery setup for a 5 bed detached house (50 degrees SW and 40 degree roof), with the hope of reducing my electricity bill and going greener! Currently, the estimated usage for Electricity is 8727KW (Including car charging) and we're on Octopus Go, so nightly charging rate of 5p per KW…
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Vat on solar PV
Apologies if this has been previously discussed, but the search on this site is pretty poor. Is it common practice to split the invoice on an install to get around the 60% material cap that pushes the material VAT to 20% ?ie basic install with a few items removed to get the labour >=40%, then invoice some of the addons…
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Is the price of home batteries going to fall soon?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but some of the best prices/kWh at the moment for home batteries are Tesla Powerwalls at about £8500 for 14kWh. Obviously that's quite high and will take a very long time to pay for itself. On the other hand, there's lots of batteries kicking around for not much money. For example, this Nissan Leaf…
