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Octopus can send out a thermal camera on loan. Might be a queue for it but its one of their services available to customers, plugs into a smart phone via usb
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Will prices ever go down? Surely those make profit from the supply of gas won't want to drop price as it's in-elastic? As in, consumption won't go up to offset the price going back down to prior levels?
They have already started rolling this out on new builds even ones that were already foundation laid for a lot of new build housing schemes but they are rubbish in that they place them directly under your kitchen window or similar on the patio to the back of the house and they are not small. This isn't the answer. Ground source could be but the costs are higher and not always viable but a much better solution than air source heat pump tbh. Half measures as always and the absolute minimum.Surprised you're having to cut back to pay the gas bill.
As far as I know only in newly build homes from 2025 (in the UK).
So these rates have kicked in for us, painful. No sign of the relief for businesses yet, just "waiting for legislation to go through" on Scottish Power website since September.
Oh wow, 65% efficiency max explains things, and this boiler is no way at its optimum. So new boiler + rads that have fins on them would mean a lot more heat in the rooms for the same spend on gas.That boiler is around 65% efficient max if it’s running at its most optimum. A new boiler that is over 90% efficient will make a difference but as you say a poorly insulated house is not going to help things.
No, we won't.We will end up with piped hydrogen mix
Will prices ever go down? Surely those make profit from the supply of gas won't want to drop price as it's in-elastic? As in, consumption won't go up to offset the price going back down to prior levels?
Supposedly they are able to start blending from 2023 https://www.spglobal.com/commodityi...20-hydrogen-blend-from-2023-network-companiesWe will end up with piped hydrogen mix
Supposedly they are able to start blending from 2023 https://www.spglobal.com/commodityi...20-hydrogen-blend-from-2023-network-companies
They have already started rolling this out on new builds even ones that were already foundation laid for a lot of new build housing schemes but they are rubbish in that they place them directly under your kitchen window or similar on the patio to the back of the house and they are not small. This isn't the answer. Ground source could be but the costs are higher and not always viable but a much better solution than air source heat pump tbh. Half measures as always and the absolute minimum.
The point being it is £20k more for a home install after the fact. It is about £4k for them to be installed by the builder. And further to that the point being the regs are the issue, pushing for regs that are half assed is the problem. Not the builders directly. Also we have worked with 2 or 3 smaller developers that have already gone ground source so it isn't completely impossible but regs need to be better written and more stringent.Thats just business though, why would you expect a home building company to pay £20k more for bore holing and a GSHP when they can install air source? All it means is your energy bills are several hundred more a year probably. You can extend that to anything in a house for that matter, why don't they build all houses with better insulation than regs, the best triple glazing, UFH everywhere, solar heating, PV, with everything required to make it a passive home? Theres no point as they don't reap benefits from energy savings and are then stuck with a house they have to sell for an inflated price to keep the same margins compared to if they didn’t. You will never get ground source over air source in new builds when the burden of cost is on a home building company.
They have had missed data a couple of times randomly for me over the last couple years but the total still calcs up fine and ends up all correct so I haven't worried about it.Anyone else with Octopus missing Saturday (3rd) usage data?
I noticed it was missing this morning and the 4th is now there for me so 3rd seems to have gone walkies
They have had missed data a couple of times randomly for me over the last couple years but the total still calcs up fine and ends up all correct so I haven't worried about it.