Octopus ASHP Quotation Received

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I asked a neighbour to also request a quotation out of curiosity.

He has ab identical house as mine. £48 cheaper which is interesting, but suggests that's the price.
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Right, Here are the details:

This is based on a 1,468 sqft 3 story semi detached 2016 new build. 22mm plastic spines with 10mm plastic to rads.

Here is the heat pump and hot water cylinder details.

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Expected Annual energy consumption:

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sCOP vs flow temperature (I'm loathe to aim for 50C)

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Rad Schedule:

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And the final price:

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My concern is that Heatpunk got a ~10% higher than heat loss than Octopus and that a 4 kW heat pump may be on the lean side.

I also don't like that there isn't currently a heat pump AND EV tatiff, so tehre'll be a compromise. Although, the Tomato Energy tariff (https://camelot-forum.co.uk/phpBB3/view ... 842#p50842) may work reasonably well for us.
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I wonder why the install is higher than the BUS ? Are you having a cylinder fitted or is it existing ?

I should think that you will find the 4kW unit more than sufficient, don't forget with a smart meter and ToU tariff you can also engage the immersion here and there to get a boost for the heating - though I genuinely doubt it will be needed.

Moxi
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Seems like a no brainer smegal for the price, if it's good enough. Are you going to get it?

I got told by octopus that they only fit 6-8kw heat pumps and the house was too big. :roll:

Initial quote was about £3800 after grant.
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Do you know your actual energy consumption with the existing system as a cross-check for those estimates?
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Stig wrote: Sun Oct 27, 2024 8:27 am Do you know your actual energy consumption with the existing system as a cross-check for those estimates?
I will try to it out. Although we're Terrible at submitting gas readings, so will have to do it as an average.
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Richard77 wrote: Sat Oct 26, 2024 8:03 pm Seems like a no brainer smegal for the price, if it's good enough. Are you going to get it?

I got told by octopus that they only fit 6-8kw heat pumps and the house was too big. :roll:

Initial quote was about £3800 after grant.
I'm probably going to get it. Just got one more point to check. I'm now confident that the HP is sized correctly, but there are concerns that a lack of head room can cause issues during defrost cycles.
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Moxi wrote: Thu Oct 24, 2024 11:57 am I wonder why the install is higher than the BUS ? Are you having a cylinder fitted or is it existing ?

I should think that you will find the 4kW unit more than sufficient, don't forget with a smart meter and ToU tariff you can also engage the immersion here and there to get a boost for the heating - though I genuinely doubt it will be needed.

Moxi
That is a new cylinder, and a few new rads.
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I've signed on the dotted line. Let's see when they want to install.
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smegal wrote: Mon Oct 28, 2024 9:06 pm I've signed on the dotted line. Let's see when they want to install.
Congratulations! Looking forward to seeing it. 👏

An excellent price too.
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