Heat pumps

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Hi. A newbie to this forum and a newbie to heat pumps. I moved into an older property a couple of months ago with an ancient oil boiler and rusty oil tank. After looking at the prices between oil and heat pumps it was a no-brainer to go with the heat pump. This week I am currently having the install. My question is (as I…

Hi all, I was wondering if anyone might be able to share their expertise or experience with ASHPs and their installation. I've recently moved into a house with an ASHP and just got round to having it serviced. I didn't have it serviced by the original installer as they didn't reply to me, so instead had it serviced by…

I thought this was cheering: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/17/milk-source-heat-pump-barbers-cheesemakers I like their cheese too, but don't think they do an unpasteurised, which is a shame..

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/heat-pump-deployment-statistics-june-2026/heat-pump-deployment-statistics-june-2026-summary Any thoughts on what has caused the decline in adoption?

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Hi Everyone! I currently have an oil boiler and want to take advantage of the current £9k govt grant to change to an ASHP. Quote from Octopus seems great value at just £2.5k above that, which also includes 1 additional radiator and a 150L water cylinder. The only fly in the ointment is that they measured a cold water flow…

Hi - OH wants to install air conditioning in a couple of rooms in our house and is being tempted by a special offer from our local electricians for air conditioning units. They are offering air conditioning units fully installed for £1795 each. However, I am thinking - wouldn’t it make more sense long term to install air…

Hi, Having had solar panels with a Tesla battery fitted earlier this year I am looking to replace our old gas boiler with a heat pump. We also have a 26 yr pressurized cylinder that is likely to need to be replaced in the future. He also switched from a gas to and electric cooker a couple or month ago. There is only my…

https://www.daikin.co.uk/en_gb/residential/products-and-advice/product-categories/air-conditioners/multi-plus-split.html I didn't think an A2A system that heated a hot water cylinder existed yet. I have asked for a survey and quote and will go the Multi or Multi+ Split route, depending on installation requirements . Has…

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…

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…

Hi. Any recommendations greatly appreciated.

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…

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 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…

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…

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…

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?