heating

In December 2021, we officially joined the HVO (hydrotreated vegetable oil) trial in the UK and we wondered whether this fuel would keep us warm? As the winter progressed, we…

How much things have changed in 12 months. In January and February 2021 we were going through a cold winter and our air source heat pump was cost-effectively keeping us…

This winter was telling for our air source heat pump, especially after a bitterly cold spell in February, and the main area of concern was that the rooms to the…

We’re halfway through our second winter with the 18kW Caernarfon air source heat pump (ASHP), and it’s time for an update.

When we installed our air source heat pump two years ago, all our running costs and calculations were based on electricity being sold at around 15p/kWh. We’ve changed electricity providers…

When we committed to installing an air source heat pump (ASHP), we had reservations whether it would heat the house sufficiently. At the same time, we wanted to move away…

It’s been one of those periods where a lot has been going wrong. We woke up this week to the underfloor heating (UFH) not working. In this post (and video)…

We’ve had to rebuild our chimney. It took a long time to find and appoint the right builders and roofers, but we’re extremely pleased with the way it turned out.…

We applied for the Feed-in-Tariff (TiF) and Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) for our solar PV and air source heat pump respectively, and the process has been remarkably different.

That’s it. We’ve moved into our new house, which has been a momentous (and exhausting) occasion. But this is just the start of our journey and there’s a lot that…