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rhubarbe

Well, it was always a long-shot...

albyota

mitchy74, I believe the company called 'Ice Energy Scotland' are now trading as 'Ice heating' these are not the same as the Ice Energy from Eynsham mentioned by rhubarb before.

Did you get any joy from the Stirling based company, Influence CA?

mitchy74

Yeah I found them yesterday and sent off my info, I thought they were related to the English lot but arent.

Havent heard anything back from the others either yet, I assume it takes a few days so fingers crossed there is something waiting for me next week on return from work in Inverness.

The chap from Ice England seems to think there will definately be an announcement next week regarding the RHI so fingers crossed I can move on with it next week!

albyota

let us know how you get on.

mitchy74

albyota wrote: »

mitchy74, I believe the company called 'Ice Energy Scotland' are now trading as 'Ice heating' these are not the same as the Ice Energy from Eynsham mentioned by rhubarb before.

Did you get any joy from the Stirling based company, Influence CA?

Thats them just came back to me just now (A Sunday), theyre replacing radiators and replacing all the microbore pipe (I just need the pipe done) but theyre coming in under 9k ex vat. Boucned it back to the fella querying the rads replacement.

albyota

mitchy74 wrote: »

Thats them just came back to me just now (A Sunday), theyre replacing radiators and replacing all the microbore pipe (I just need the pipe done) but theyre coming in under 9k ex vat. Boucned it back to the fella querying the rads replacement.

sounds like a good price, is that for the 14kW Ecodan, with or without new DHW cylinder?

so long as they do what they say.....ask to see testimonials from other customers, ask if you can contact satisfied customers, if they have calc'd that the radiators require replacing, then, as long as they DO! need replacing, then it is wise to do it, this is how to get the most efficiency from the system...larger surface area = lower flow temperature.

mitchy74

I have tried searching for good or bad reviews from them but nothing so customer contact is definately a port of call. I dont know how they can say the rads need replaced as they havent seen them or asked about sizes etc.


Supply & install 1 No. Mitsubishi Electric PUHZ-(H) V140VHA Ecodan Air source heat pump.
Single phase unit, full load current 35amps, running current 14.9amps, MCB C rated required 40amps.
Supply & install 1 No. Kingspan 300 litre cylinder complete pre-plumbed with pumps, control valves and wiring station (FTC).
Supply & install 1 No. Mitsubishi Electric Flow temperature controller.
Supply & install 1 No. Mitsubishi Electric Ecodan boiler buddy.
Supply & install 1 No. Mitsubishi Electric Ecodan flow meter.
Supply & install 1 No. Mitsubishi Electric insulated hoses.
Supply & install Fernox HP-15 antifreeze.
Supply & install double panel radiators to match the heat loss requirements.
Commissioning.
Power flush of the full system using Kamco CF90 Quantum power flushing and de-scaling system all in accordance with BS7593 and Benchmark.

albyota

Mmm, not been out to survey, so how do they know how much pipe to replace?.....how many rads?.....what sizes? the quote stated supply and install rads to match heatloss requirements, I think I would want to know how many and what sizes. chase him up and get clarification on quote. Did you provide drawings with room dimensions/rad sizes?

mitchy74

albyota wrote: »

Mmm, not been out to survey, so how do they know how much pipe to replace?.....how many rads?.....what sizes? the quote stated supply and install rads to match heatloss requirements, I think I would want to know how many and what sizes. chase him up and get clarification on quote. Did you provide drawings with room dimensions/rad sizes?

I gave him the architect plans that showed some but not all dimensions. Certainly no info on rads or sizes but I did tell him that the pipe was microbore.

albyota

The 14kW c/w 300L DHW Cyl is £5,710, the copper pipe and fittings to connect both to existing system is around £560, installation labour including electrics test and commission is about £800 plus mark-up is £8,840 ish (just under 9K) radiators (how many) and replace microbore pipe work could be a further £1K on top.... all plus 5% Vat