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Heat pump or existing oil burner?
Hello, newbie here. I live in NE in old mid terrace with heating/hot water by 12 yr old "very efficient" Bosch condensing oil burner. My local council (Durham) has said I'm eligible for grant aid to replace oil burner with ASHP (about which I know nothing) but not solar. What would other members do / advise if they were in…
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A2W for HW only - already have A2A heating/cooling
I had aircon* put into half the house a couple of years ago, after nearly boiling in the summer. It has been brilliant, both summer and winter. So I'm now looking at another unit for the rest of the house, which leaves me in HOT WATER!! I've seen the videos from Heat Geek, but they really don't offer much detailed info…
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A2A quote for aircon
Asked a local company for a quote on installing aircon for two bedrooms as the newbuild house gets too hot and the windows dont face the direction of wind in the summer. To avoid installing ugly outdoor units for regular air con, as the windows open on to the road in front, the surveyor suggested installing an air 2 air…
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Buying house with solar & heatpump questions
Hello, We've had an offer accepted on a house that has an air source heat pump, 16 owned solar panels and a 6KWh storage battery. We know nothing about any of those things. If it's relevant, I think all were put in within the last few years and the epc rating is B (86). Anyway, what would be most important to ask about? Or…
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Can I improve my COP?
It's exactly a year since install and I've taken a set of readings from my Daikin set up. I'm slightly disappointed at DHW is only 1.9 and space heating 2.9. So any ideas on how to improve these would be appreciated. Heating is set to 21 degrees. At night the set back is 18 degrees. I have it come on in the early hours (on…
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GSHP settings and thermostat questions
Hello, I have just moved into a house with a GSHP and UFH and wanted to understand the temperature controls and thermostat settings better. I have an option on the heat pump settings to control the room temperature (currently set at 24.1). The rooms in the house all have dial thermostats and are mostly set to 21. How does…
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Why the difference?
I have an old, (very old) oil heating system. It needs replacing, so I thought I'd look at air sourced heat pumps. I also have an open fire in the lounge as well as two radiators in there. I have had three quotes (well two quotes and an estimate). One quote from British Gas advises that I change all my radiators (6),…
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Air Heat Source Pump Problem
Hello, my AHSP is only giving me hot water if I switch my heating on. Can anyone tell me what might be causing it or how to fix it before I call an engineer out? TIA x
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Hybrid ASHP / Heat battery option: thoughts appreciated.
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 -…
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Going from Coal to Air Heat Source Pump and PV's using ECO4 grant scheme
We have a choice stay as we are G rated house coal powered house or use the Government grant scheme ECO4 and go to a B rated house air heat source pump and solar powered house. Which is going to be cheaper to run the coal or the use less but more expensive electric? I am nervous changing.
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Troubleshooting
The flow and return from the heat pump to the cylinder has this valve on each pipe, part at the top has a little hole and there is a gargling sound as air is coming out but there is also a small puddle of water on the floor below. Very grateful for any advice on what's happening here please. Edited to add, I think it's…
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Mitsubishi Ecodan Controller
This discussion was created from comments split from: Mitsubishi Ecodan. Hot water but not heating. Help!.
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LG or Fujitsu for air to air heating ?
Currently torn between https://cooleasy.co.uk/products/lg-multi-5-head-outdoor-unit Or https://www.oceanairuk.com/products/fujitsu-airstage-10-0kw-5-way-multi-split-outdoor-unit-r32-single-phase-aoeg36kbta5 Cant work out what’s better so grateful for any wisdom!
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Radiator Fans: are they noisy?
Our energy supplier is doing an offer on Radiator Fans. Does anyone have any experience of these with regard to efficiency and noise? I wondered if there would be vibration noise coming from the metal radiator which could quite irritating in a small room.
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Mitsubishi controllers
I have just moved into a bungalow with a heat pump and mitsubishi controllers but not sure how to put the hearting on Do i have to change the setting that reads +0 degrees to 20 degrees Thank you
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Damaged Installation of ASHP [Merged]
Good morning I recently had an Air source Heat Pump installed and the fins was damaged on completion. I notified the company and an operatives visited and tried to repair them. A small amount was not repaired due the excess dent, they explained this will not effect the performance or any warranty etc. I asked for this to…
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Tank or Instant Heater for Hot Water
Octopus are visiting us this week to quote for replacing our 10 year old gas boiler with a heat pump. We actually don't use a lot of hot water and it's always seemed odd to me to keep a tank full heated and ready. Aside from shower (which is a thermostat mixer type so we need a hot water feed) and washing up we quite…
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Calculate electric usage moving from gas
Hi im shortly getting air to air fitted to heat my home. Is there an easy ish way to estimate the kWh i will need in electric vs gas so I can compare tariffs?
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Tariff update please
I'm struggling to find the best tariff for a new supply we are having conneted on the 22nd Aug 25 on a new build house very well insulated with a LG air source heat pump but no solar, found british gas and OVO very unhelpful so far and previously had a very bad experience with octopus at our current house (tried to…
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Heat pump quote
Hi, we have received a heat pump quote from Octopus and wanted to get the thoughts of forum members if its worth the switch. Using gas boiler currently, with heating turned on only if necessary, consuming roughly 4200 kWh a year as ours is a mid terrace property. The quote is 2.9k for eco and 2.5k for the turbo version.…
