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Has anyone had a good look through this Strategy to lower Carbon emissions by 2050?
Introduction from the govt website
The heat and buildings...
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/05/12/the-heat-pump-farce-has-finally-been-exposed/?li_source=LI&li_medium=liftigniter-rhr
I realise not...
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In my new high efficiency house, I will have UFH with an Air to Water (A2W). Heat pump Monobloc, but for extra cooling on hot days I think extra...
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So I want to add a solar thermal system to my existing Worcester bosch greenstar but don't want to lose the functional benefits of the...
Hello All, newbie here.
I am building a new home on a spacious plot and considering a ground source heat pump instead of air source.
I understand...
I'm planning to get an air source heat pump (ASHP) installed and I'm considering my options about the location of the water cylinder as I live in...
We are installing solar power irrigation systems for smallholding farmers in Rural Ghana,
We have 12V DC 0.18kW (max 20A) pumps, there only power...
We are installing solar power irrigation systems for smallholding farmers in Rural Ghana,
We have 12V DC 0.18kW (max 20A) pumps, there only...
We are building a new 2 bed bungalow and looking at Heating / Hot water options. Although Gas is available we are keen to not have it connected...
Hey all, need to find a replacement control unit for my air/water heat pump. Does anyone have have any links that I can try? Thanks for any help
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Has anyone got any experience of these. I especially need to know how noisy they are from practical experience, not from Db figures which I...
Nibe ASHP alarm code 005 low pressure warning, anyone know the cause?
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I have a question about my s plan heating. I have a Worcester 35cdi erp boiler connected to 2 heating loops and an unvented indirect cylinder...
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Are there any Windhager Biowin2 experts who can help me to understand what this means?
I’m fairly sure mine doesn’t have such a mixing...
Hello all, I should start off by stating that I'm not in the industry - I'm just a DIYer with a "what-if" idea.
Hybrid systems and solar...
Helping to audit an electric-only house with ASHps -NIBE kit installed into the new house in 2012.
2 ASHPs outside -each F2015.
I put on some...
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I hope somebody may be able to help. I have a ecodan heat pump system and have no hot water. The controls are set correct but the light...
Hi, Our church is consdering replacing our old gas boilers with modern condensing ones. We would like a hybrid system involving the use of an...
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Hi all, my parents have had an air source heat pump installed a couple of years ago and have recently started undergoing refurbishing the house...
Hi all.
Does anyone know of a small water heat system that I can attach directly to the back of my log burner, in my living room, that can...
What are the factors that determine the life of a water tank? Obviously the quality of the water and the materials used to construct the tank are...
I'm building a new house and I have no idea what option to chose for heating/hot water! I've looked at biomass/pellet boilers, electric combi...
Hi all. I have an Isoflo CL170 cylinder with good few years life left in it in my system which has performed trouble-free other than the odd new...
Has anyone installed / worked with air-to-air heat pumps?
I wonder if their running cost is also high?
There’s no information on running cost and...
I'm getting so sick of the media and tories plugging ashp's like they are the solution to all our heating needs.
Latest news today, £5k grant...
Just wondering if anyone has even seen an issue with the pressure gradually increasing on a closed loop system where there is no fill loop...
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Hi, I have a log burner and oil fired boiler feeding into a 'dunsley' neutralizer tank. The system (gravity fed) has worked fine for a number of...
Hi . I am a DIY trying to reconnect my wetback and solar hot water panels I have had a horizontal outdoor water cylinder made up . Most of the...
Interested on thoughts on this (I've also posted on another forum but thought this might be a better place to ask);
Long time lurker, have...
How can I top up the antifreeze in an ecodan air source heat pump installed 10 years ago?
Evening all, I have a customer that is looking to upgrade their current system. Typically I gave them a wealth of installation options last time...
Hello,
We were due to have an air source heat pump installed on a grant scheme on Monday, with radiator size upgrade, but retrofitting using the...
I had solar thermal installed recently, the system is a viessmann and goes with our viessmann boiler. The controls are on the boiler, seems to...
I have a head height problem for the storage tank and needed a solution that would allow the monobloc to heat from the bottom of the tank
I have...
Hi! :) I'm on the hunt for a house and one of them which looks incredibly promising has a solar installation - I don't know a whole lot about...
Hello all,
I hope you can help, I don't know any plumbers and just wondered about an idea of mine, it might not be do able for good reason!
I...
Good Afternoon All,
This is my first time on the renewables forum so please forgive my ignorance. I've been interested in ASHPs for about 15...
Hello, I hope someone can give me some advice on replacing an old air source heat pump.
We moved into a shared ownership house last year which has...
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I had a solar thermal installation. However, the Gledhill Stainless Steel Lite keepings making popping noises. Anyway, I was looking to...
If my mates in the Electrician's Forum see me in here, jus' tell I got lost, alright ;)
So, I was called out to the home of a good client. They...
I’d like some advice and opinions please.
I have a 150 year old stone cottage ( 2 foot thick solid stone walls) some roof insulation and double...
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KTesting concealed shower valveHi all I've finished running the copper for my concealed shower valve and tested both inlets and the outlet with cold mains (full pressure). I...
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RReverse Circulation - Sense CheckHi everyone, I'm a (somewhat, I hope...) competent DIYer and just want to get some advice if my suspicion on a problem we're having is correct...
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New unvented cylinder / Replace old vented cylinder and add a ST pump?Hello, I am renovating a small bathroom in an apartment on the 5th floor. Heating is electric, no gas or oil. I have four (related) questions...
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DOld pipe sizes and new fittingsHi, my wife decided she wanted new modern bathtaps instead of the old 'supertaps' we've had since we bought the place. So we bought the new taps...
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