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Heat Loss Calculator - Recommendations

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3 November 2024 at 3:21AM edited 3 November 2024 at 1:27PM in Heat pumps

Hi all!

Can anyone recommend a good heat loss calculator for an ASHP installation? I have previously used Stelrad Stars, with which I'm familiar, and is fairly comprehensive.

Thanks!

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tacpot12 Posts: 9,148 Forumite

3 November 2024 at 11:45AM

Are you doing your own installation? If not, I would be inclined to choose your installer carefully - choose one that will be happy for oyu to look over theri shoulder while they do the heat loss and design calculations.

The comments I post are my personal opinion. While I try to check everything is correct before posting, I can and do make mistakes, so always try to check official information sources before relying on my posts.
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matelodave Posts: 8,965 Forumite

3 November 2024 at 12:07PM edited 3 November 2024 at 12:18PM

try the free version of this - https://heatpunk.co.uk/#pricing

or what about the MCS tools - https://mcscertified.com/standards-tools-library/

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Spies Posts: 2,241 Forumite

3 November 2024 at 3:35PM

Heatpunk worked well for me, pretty much matched Octopus' survey

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staffsuk Posts: 215 Forumite

3 November 2024 at 5:36PM

Thanks all, I'll take a look at Heatpunk. It's for a potential grant funded installation. I want to make my own calculations to compare.

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