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Heat pumps

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People Saying Heat Pumps are Rubbish - Are They?
I think most of the people I've spoken to have always read "something" about heat pumps being a bit rubbish for heating homes and having showers. But I rarely see this from people who have them installed, where the general view seems to be fairly positive. I understand it's a bit of a learning curve coming from a gas…
Battery with heat pump but no solar - your thoughts
Hi all,We're just starting our retrofit journey and have had a home energy assessment which gives rough guide costs for each of the project elements. Obviously we are going for a fabric first approach, adding more insulation above the ceilings, reducing drafts where possible & replacing our ancient double glazing (at a…
Ground Source Heat Pumps
If anyone wants info on these, then please let me know, as have had one for over 5 years.
Anyone replaced central heating with air to air in bungalow?
As per title wondering if this is a good idea vs keeping central heating and heating a heat pump. Im thinking going immersion for hot water but the idea of being able to cool and heat rooms and dehumidify etc is quite appealing. That with cheaper cost cos bungalow with suspended timber floor means I don’t have to lift…
Quote for ASHP
Just had a survey done for an ASHP 13kw for a property with approximately 120 square meters. 9 new radiators, full installation. I’ve not been able to find many other quotes that other people have had but I’m pretty sure this one is very steep! £20k before any grants. With all the grants we’d need to pay £11k. Doing some…
Please help with this heat pump dilemma
I’m looking for advice on a heat pump install and facing a few issues. The biggest problem is space: my current airing cupboard (which holds a cylinder linked to a back boiler system) has a depth of just 480 mm. E.ON told me the Ideal system they offer needs at least 650 mm, and the Vaillant AroTHERM won’t fit either. Is…
Octopus HP survey - what shuld I ask?
I have booked an Octopus survey for HP for a 4 Bed Detached in May. What should I ask - can they give me some sort of idea of running costs. I am not bothered about a return - I am in my 70's. I do care about cutting carbon. I am 1 in a 4 bed house but hoping that HP would make it more attractive to sell. Not against…
Octopus Heat Pumps
Currently have gas central heating and hot water cylinder. Boiler is fairly efficient and works well, but is 16 years old. 4-bed detatched, reasonably well insulated house and about 6000kWh per annum gas usage. Considering replacing with heat pump and have contacted Octopus for a quote. They currently instal Daikin. Has…
New Government Heat Pump Campaign - A Help or a Hinderance?
New Government Heat Pump Campaign: Impact on Homeowners Do we think this new campaign will help the UK's roll out of heat pumps or will it be a hinderance? Does it make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside? Have they learnt anything from the Smart Meter rollout? Personally I find the advert irritating which I'm sure isn't…
Hitachi Yutaki SCombi Heat Pump - Owners
Does anyone on this forum own a Hitachi Yutaki SCombi Heat Pump? I need to find others and their experience of the system. I would also be looking for a user specific forum for this pump, I drew a blank. Anyone know of one?
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…
Heat pump tariff / prepayment meter
I had a heat pump installed by my landlord where it is now costing me almost £200 a month with Scottish Power. My house is set to 16 degrees, I’m in a small 2 bed house with my daughter and we are out most of the time. I have tried to switch to Octopus today where I was told I failed the credit check and would have to pay…
Best tariff for heat pump (no ev or batteries)
Looking to shortly get an octopus heat pump (daikin) installed. Wonder if anyone has done similar and what tariff would recommend ?
Home Upgrade Grant (HUG2) - ASHP and/or Solar available?
We've been on the HUG2 journey for over a year now, qualified as rural, no gas, semi-detached property with old storage heaters and well under the income threshold. We wanted solar PV and newer storage heaters, but were persuaded that an ASHP was the way forward... However, our local authority has other ideas, due to…
Heat pump quote
I have recently had a heat loss survey from a heat pump installer and I have many questions. From reading this board, I think I have more! The heat loss surveyor also did a new EPC for us and for ~£200 for both this seemed good value. The sales guy quoted ~£16,000 (before the £7,500 grant), before the survey and I felt a…
Currently have warm air heating in rental property - should I get heat pump instead?
Hi, I have owned a 5 room (total) rental property for almost 40 years. It is currently heated by warm air heating, but apparantly it is now becoming very hard to find new parts, and so my gas engineers has quoted approx £8K to replace it with a gas boller and install radiators. Whilst it would be nice to put in an heat…
How many kWh less heat needed with better loft insulation?
Is there a way to work out kWh heat loss easily for effectively almost no loft insulation to 200+mm ? Octopus have quoted me for 50c flow temps and I want to see if loft insulation would mean I could drop to say 40c
Optimising a heat pump
This discussion was created from comments split from: Is switching to electric heating a bad idea.
Is there a Heat Pump Summary resource?
It would be really useful to have a single resource that listed all heat pumps along with useful info such as SCOP/COP at different air/flow temps, max and min output, sound power level, dimensions etc. Has anyone come across anything along those lines? Thanks
What should I be looking for in HP installer?
I have an Ideal Mexico Gas Boiler installed 2006. I live in 4 bed detached 1920s ish house built with caoldust cement (this dampens signals to mobiles thus SM2 does not communicate). Cavity walls insulated, double glazing, loft hardboard and plank flooring, insulated, new roof. Radiators and pipework pre 1987. (Radiators…

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