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New to the heat pumps board? start here
💬 Some other boards on the Forum that might be relevant * Green & ethical MoneySaving * Energy * In my home (includes DIY) ℹ️ Some relevant guides elsewhere on MoneySavingExpert.com * Heat pumps explained * Heat pump grants 💡 If there's a link you think we should include here, please send me a message!
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Air to air dipping our toe in the air(water)
Just had a survey and quote and just for the bedroom at this stage a single unit quoted £1225 all in. Hopefully fitted before 16th June before the installer goes on holiday and before the next ramp up of heat. Daikin unit so the budget end of the scale (5 year warranty) but realistically they must all be much of a muchness…
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Ground Source Heat Pumps
If anyone wants info on these, then please let me know, as have had one for over 5 years.
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Portable split air to air
I thought I'd join in all the air-to-air excitement 😄 but I'm not ready to have F-Gas folk around for a permanent installation (my house is full of stuff my kids have brought back from university and it looks like a candidate for one of those "extreme hoarders" TV shows). Instead, I have bought a 12k BTU (3.5kW) portable…
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What's your monthly SCOP
As there are a few of us with ASHPs installed, I thought I'd start a thread to compare monthly SCOPs so we can see how we are performing. I had my 12kW Samsung ASHP installed in June. It's been heating DHW over the summer and we are just now starting to get a feel for heating. It's an oversized unit, so we won't be able to…
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Recommendations for ASHP installers in Shropshire, West Mids and South Staffs?
Hi. Any recommendations greatly appreciated.
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Heat pump installation problem
Hello, I am looking for some advice. I live in a 1930s house which has undergone parts of extension over the years. We decided to have a heat pump installed. A surveyor came out, pre-installation, to check the property. After this, a senior installation technician also came a week before installing to check visible pipes…
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Air to air heat pump : Any regrets?
The air to air heat pump concept is appealing to me as I live in an old stone walled home and the sheer upheaval of air to water doesn't seem worth it at my age. Can I ask some simple questions to those who have installed air to air? Do you have any regrets about it? Was it successful?
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ASHP design and BUS eligibility
We're starting the process of looking at the options for getting rid of the stinky oil boiler and stupidly small oil tank, and talking to ASHP installers. As we're planning on getting rid of the boiler, we've recently been running it as low as possible, and working on getting it delivering continuous low(ish) heat rather…
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Eligibility Criteria For Heat Pump (etc) Grant
Hi everyone Would love anyone's input / first hand experience of getting on: free boiler scheme, first time central heating grant, free insulation scheme, air source heat pump grant. We are buying an old 'doer upper' house and are wondering what, if any, we may be able to apply for. House has an EER rating of 41 Thanks in…
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Plate Heat Exchanger in system - issues?
Considering replacing open vented gas boiler (23 yo Potterton Suprima) with heat pump. Main issue is most of the pipework is nearing 40 years old and seems to be 22mm backbone with 10mm microbore either teed off or manifold and exiting part way up walls to radiators (ground floor pipes buried in screed and likely to be in…
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Considering hybrid Air-to-Air and GCH
Hi all, here's the context of our situation. We're a family of 4 (2 adults, 2 school-age children) living in a 1970s-built detached house. Our heating is provided by a decade-old, gas-fired boiler which is only plumbed into the central heating radiators. For hot water, we have a 210L, vented, directly heated hot water…
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Is there a slimline heat pump?
I've been considering a heat pump, but the only place I could install one is along the side of my semi-detached house, which has 1.3m to the fence and I need to be able to get past to go to my side gate. The issue is that the units typically have single large front-mounted fans which need clearance at the front and back…
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Can anyone recommend Midea Air Source Heat Pump
Our ASHP is on it's last legs and we are faced with replacing it. One company is proposing a Midea 14KW . We get temperatures down to -12 C some years. We have underfloor heating on ground floor, rads at first floor. Eco house with good EPC. This will be heating only as our HW tank is on an iboost. We'd like to hear…
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Heat Pump Sizing?
Octopus suggested their biggest unit, 11.2kw but is that the right size I currently have a modulating boiler with weather comp and a smart meter so I know that the boiler runs at a steady 8.2kw (gas input) to maintain the house temp at 20c when the outdoor temp is 0 degrees (flow temp low 50s C). It uses a fair bit less…
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£9,000 Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS) grant for properties heated by oil and LPG
New, improved grant to get rid of oil or LPG heating: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/decisive-action-to-break-influence-of-gas-on-electricity-prices
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Air to air heat pump?
Hello everyone. I’m in the process of renovating a 1950s 3 bed semi, and my priorities are insulation and heating. The current heating system is old storage heaters, and immersion for hot water. I’ve been researching different heating systems for a while now, and would appreciate any input to help in my decision. I’ve…
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Another tariff query!
Hello all. Looking for some help please : My son is moving into a 2 bedroomed new build semi detached property at the end of June. It will be fitted with an ASHP (make/capacity unknown, but trying to find out). No solar panels due to proximity to Stansted Airport and an imposed planning condition. He also has a plug in…
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ASHP Quotes
I have an oil boiler and am off the gas grid. I’ve been getting quotes for supply and fit of a 14 kW ASHP and 250 L cylinder. The engineers that visited confirmed that my radiators and pipework are fine as is. I tried local MCS-listed installers and also big energy companies. All quotes came in around £15 k, minus the…
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air to air installers?
Has the air to air £2.5k grant been finalized yet? My boiler died, and I want to go down this route (not air to water), looking for installers in the West Midlands who are installing under this grant scheme Thanks
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ASHP install questions
We have been offered a full install grant, pump and tank with all new radiators etc. We are currently with Fuse energy dual fuel, they dont offer a heat pump concession on their deals. I suppose I will bite the bullet and pay to end the contracts early. However we will have no need for a gas supply. Is there a way to get…
