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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...
Calling all plumbing and heating engineers.
We are doubling our heatpump installation team across the UK and need plumbers and heating engineers...
Hi. Hopefully someone can point me in the right direction. Bit general. We have solar boosting our hot water using iboost. My question, the...
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My solar thermal system appears to be leaking fluid (pics attached). Could anyone give me an indication of what the issue is likely to be...
Hi, Solar thermal not so big these days but a couple of Q for anyone who still works in it.
Background. I'm an Electrician not a plumber.. I've...
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
I had a solar thermal cylinder installed last week.
The installers had an issue with one of the valves and installed a 15mm pipe (see red arrow...
I'm an end user with limited knowledge of plumbing and just trying to get an understanding of options available to me. We currently have a...
With all this talk about potentially switching from gas to hydrogen or even blending some hydrogen into the gas, does anyone know how this affects...
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I had solar thermal installed and wanted an expert opinion, had it installed today and its not working and the installer is to return. I...
Hi everyone, this is my first post. I've recently purchased a home where the prior owners have had some sub-standard work done in the past.
The...
Hello all, I'm searching for advice on my new system being fitted into a very old stone house in France.
We have purchased a thermflow 300L...
HI everyone,
looking for somewhere i can get spare parts for Nibe F370 1x230V Uk exhaust air heat pump, i need FL1 which is the safety valve...
Hi everyone,
I am qualified to work on unvented cylinders but have no experience with solar panels. I have a customer which has a leaking...
Had a email today that maybe of interest to some of you?? Kop
anybody know much about the cylinders with integrated air source heat pumps
Can anyone recommend? .... training in heatpumps, books or web links on fault finding said heat pumps and a good place to get some experience-...
Hi, I'm looking for someone to help specify, and possible install hybrid system. Initially the bungalow was setup for all low temp (underfloor...
Moved into a new property around 4 years ago with full 15Kw Vaillant Arotherm ASHP setup, after quite a few initial teething problems seems to run...
I have had a Nibe ASHP installed, F2040 and VVM320 indoor module. The manual for setting it up goes through how to do each step, but gives no...
I’ve had a Viessmann ASHP fitted. Fan noise outside is v low- we do not notice it. Inside though, the joules cyclone unvented cylinder seems to be...
Currently got a problem with the Daikin unit. It has both Solar and Air Source heatpump integrated and shows no fault codes. The hot water is...
Hello Experts,
hoping this is easy to understand.
Last year it was no problem, but this year we seem to have lost one of our Ecodan heating zones...
Hello. I’m looking for some advice. We had a 1960’s bungalow in Cornwall with a wooden suspended floor. The old oil builder is 20 years old and so...
We are getting an Air Source Heat Pump installed into our large (2000sq ft) 1970s house which currently has very inefficient electric ceiling...
I asked the same question when I registered and got slagged. Plenty of years of development.
I have been involved with heat pumps for a while...
I went to see my mate at the weekend he is involved in converting an old barn & they where using this insulation stuff, it consisted of multiple...
Its been a decade since I did my energy efficiency course, I wanted to refresh myself on a few things, could anyone recommend a good text book...
I have a 3.5kw solar array and I also have an iBoost to heat the hot water. While we generate a lot of electricity outside of heating the water...
Hi hopefully be moving into a new 60’s 3bed semi. Currently has no gas main and only storage heaters. so been looking at air source heat pumps &...
Incoming energy (sunlight) can be up to 7kw per m2 - did I get that fact correct ?
According to one site, these should be fitted. But my recently fitted system, by professional/certificated installers, doesn't have isolation...
Amp Clean Energy are looking for biomass service engineers south/ south east to carry out services, reactive and proactive maintenance and...
Highland Wood Energy (or HWenergy) are wanting experienced biomass engineers and field technicians in all areas of the country.
hello,
Just a quick question, there has been a fire involving a Biomass boiler and I am just wondering what are the main issues with biomass...
Hi all, been asked by a client to install aircon in a single room in their house. There’s a loft space above and ideally the unit would be wall...
Hello chaps,
I own (and let out) a small one bedroom flat which is the first floor of a small victorian house. The loft has been well insulated...
hi all . i have a 80,s build chalet bungalow,oil heated/radiators and log burner,the chalet design is fairly open plan with only 2 of three...
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I'm new here and have arrived on this forum as I have a question on the above.
I'm talking to a solar PV supplier about a 4kw system with...
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Does it matter which orientation on a 3 port Esbe valve is installed ie from a mono bloc heat pump to a hot water cylinder and underfloor...
And I am bored so I will share my friends vision of the future. He knows . Hydrogen enhanced gas thro the normal lines it’s more powerfull and...
Has anybody got a bit left over please N/W ie merseyside I will quite happily pay etc many thanks Rob Foster
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I’m designing a new kind of solar heating system. I’m just an amateur and don’t know enough about technical terms to run google searches...
I am thinking of putting together a system from a roof panel to a second coil in the cylinder but all the bits in the BES book are way more than...
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We have recently had a quote to fully supply and fit a Mitsubishi Ecodan System in our home...I would have liked to have a wood burner...
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i have been asked to write a report for an investor on a property he is looking at purchasing. This might be a daft question but in a property...
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As of late I'm becoming increasingly aware of the amount of clean water I'm wasting by flushing the toilet, I want to create a Gray...
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I have solar panels and in the summer we use the power generated to heat the immersion hot water tank, the only problem is the element goes into...
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We will be installing an air source heat pump system as there is no gas in the village and replacing an oil boiler.
I have had two quotes both...
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Gas boilers are great at the moment however in the not to distant future the need for an alternate fuel source will be inevitable. I understand...
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I am setting up a campsite and want to build a shower block that has a boiler heated by wood (or sawdust). I need a plumber who has experience in...
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I'm looking for a local (ish) MCS certified air source heat pump installer, to install either a Mitsubishi or NIBE pump.
Looking to buy the...
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evening hope all well, been offered a chance to get involved on heat pumps , install/service etc got a good back ground in heating and strong...
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Forgive me if this the wrong forum for this question, but i could really do with some direction from the experts!
I have recently...
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If anyone is interested, Innasol (ETA Distributor) are currently wanting a biomass technical engineer. For more details and to apply, send current...
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I've moved into a house where 12 years ago and two owners ago a solar water heating system was fitted.
As far as I can see from correspondence...
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BMW moment...
Don't you just love our industry sector :)
We check the MCS website monthly, (on the 15th) yet lo and behold without any...
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Seen this a couple of times any idea what causes it.
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I'm having a dispute with my not so better, better half.
I'm looking for a good explanation on how this technology works and just how efficient...
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Hope you guys can help, we've just installed an HDG K26 pellet boiler, sourced from Euroheat (they close their doors in a few hours) however we...
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Hi all , I have moved into a new build with solar hot water and would like to know how to fit it in with my boiler , at the moment the water is...
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