Cheery's path to fulfilment - finishing the DIY, looking after myself, appreciating the garden 🌻

beanielou

Well done Mr C. 

themadvix

I am so glad I haven't put the world and his wife off of heat pumps Cheery! If you have any questions re 🐙 or would like to see a Cosy 6 (if your friend has a 'grown up' heat pump, aka not a Cosy), do PM me. I have received word that they are going to (hopefully) grace us with their presence on Friday and finish what they started. 

greenbee

Sounds like I’d better get on and start getting my heat pump sorted or Cheery will have hers in before me!

Jellytotts

We had 2 heat pump surveys, both came up with different issues and solutions. The over riding factor of having to have cavity wall insulation was the “no” from us. My father was a builder back in the day, I’ve worked for a firm of builders and I’ve seen the havoc that badly installed insulation causes (the new glued version is even worse in my opinion)… our cavities aren’t actually suitable anyway due to house design but the differences in the surveys along with the stuff we were told from a plumber who is now being asked to remove more heat pumps than any other work (could just be an earlier pump generation issue - I’ve no idea).

We had the solar panels fitted a few years ago with the idea of upgrading to batteries once the heat pumps was being installed but instead went with a new boiler and are quite cosy.

greenbee

I've been in touch with the heat pump plumber today thanks to this discussion. He'll come over in the next couple of weeks to have a proper look. In the meantime, the house is nice and warm with a flow temperature of 43.5 (think that's the lowest the boiler can do and is hugely inefficient) and the radiators on 2-3.

Cheery_Daff

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81855840#Comment_81855840

Not put us off just yet! Although we may get put off by something else (the price, I suspect 😂 or the sheer amount of messing that would need doing 😬 Thanks for the offer, I shall be in touch h 😊

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81855869#Comment_81855869

Ha, best had! Very happy for other people to go first so I can learn from them 😁

Cheery_Daff

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81856409#Comment_81856409

Thank you, all experiences useful to hear! As I understand, the insulation requirement has been removed now? But that is of no use to you since you're nice and cosy with your new boiler! 😁

Speaking of plumbers, ours is coming tomorrow to fit a new pressure gauge to the boiler. Might see what he has to say about heat pumps. He's certainly never mentioned them to us (but he mostly does LPG boilers so I wouldn't have expected him to!)

Long day at work today. Paid for parking both today and yesterday, and a tank of diesel yesterday too. Didnt pay for anything else though, took all meals and snacks 😊 at home tomorrow. Plumber is coming at an as yet unspecified point (he often comes to us at the end of the day on his way home) and the rat man is coming in the morning to take the last of the poison away I think. Touch wood, it seems to have worked. Mr C is heading into the city for a hospital appointment, so the cars are getting no rest this week!

EssexHebridean

I have a feeling that the insulation requirement has been resolved, yes. that said, the more insulated the house the better results you should get from the heat pump, in much the same way as you would with the boiler of course.

Fingers crossed for the rats to have finally got the message and agreed to move elsewhere Cheery!

Cheery_Daff

Thank you! There's certainly no downside to having better insulation 😂 and I'm obviously not against it in general 😂 we just can't do everything at once, and if the boiler actually dies we'll need a replacement of one sort or another. Anyway, we'll know more later.

No sign of the rat man yet - he's meant to be here this morning. And we did arrange it directly with him the last time he was here, so no excuses for crossed wires like there was the previous time. I'll give it til 12 then ring him.

Glorious day here though (and thinking about it, why haven't I got any washing on??) I nipped outside earlier and it was quite warm - I might even sit outside with a cuppa!

Washing on first though while there's still a chance of it drying outside, how lovely.

Cheery_Daff

Plumber made it first - and got stuck in the mud trying to turn his van round at the end of the drive 🙄😂 Managed to dig him out without resorting to the farmer this time, and while the grass is ruined, it's an area I was planning on partially digging up anyway to stop so much of a lake accumulating by the gate. Wasn't planning to dig up quite that much... but never mind. Minor misjudgement rather than the idiocy if the Halfords man who actively drove onto the lawn 😂

Hopefully I won't get too much stick about replacing the boiler now - he was quite embarrassed, bless him 😂

Left message with rat man, not going to hold my breath...