Heat pumps

If anyone wants info on these, then please let me know, as have had one for over 5 years.

So we have had one of these units for just over 5 years. It just failed (no power up) so if anyone would like to see the inside of one of them here you go whilst hubby strips it down and replaces the PCB and Motherboard. The PCB and Motherboard are all click connectors so the hope is it's an easy fix(famous last words) And…

A little story… ...I decided to get a heat pump installed by Octopus. The installation went smoothly last July and I had all new radiators as well. Very happy. Come winter and the heat pump was working constantly and the house just never was warm enough. Several engineers ( I think 6) sent out to investigate and endless…

I am getting incredibly frustrated with EDF. We had a heat pump fitted just over a year ago by them and it is working perfectly well. HOWEVER, we are in a rural area and have no mobile signal at our property, having to rely on wi fi calling. So the smart meter (which they insisted I had installed) cannot supply information…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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

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…

I’ve recently moved to new build estate and all houses have ground source heat pumps. We have a company who installed the main linked underground supply and are responsible for this outside all properties but individual homes have to contribute to this company monthly based on house size towards the maintenance of this and…

Conundrum … We have recently moved to a new build property which has just three solar panels, a Worcester Bosch heat pump, no inverter, no battery. No gas. We were with Octopus Energy at our previous house, but they’ve well and truly botched things up in moving us over to the new property. In addition, they automatically…

Hi all I've just bought a house with a Midea heat pump fitted by the previous owner. She left me a very vague handover on how it works but admitted herself that she never really felt like she understood it. I'll add at this point that I am patiently waiting for the engineer from the company who installed it to visit and…

As my oil boiler is misbehaving, I’m thinking this might be a good time for me to start planning a move to an ASHP. I suspect my running costs could end up being a bit higher than with oil and though I can accept this, I’d like to narrow the gap as much as I can. I use about 2000l per year at a cost of – let’s say -…