Can i ask what are warranty period and conditions on the compressor ?. And although heatpumps are quiet when new, in 8yrs time it maybe more noisy, how do you live with it then buddy, what will vaillant do to reduce the noisy unit?.

The amount of kit required is huge space wise. Just wouldn't have room in my little place

You can pretty much tell if it’s a good install by the fact that they’ve gone for an Esbe diverter valve.

great video, the external unit tour was interesting.

A nice install Jason The grey isolater is a nice touch, mine is one of those red/yellow ones that stick out like a sore thumb. Not aesthetically pleasing in the garden. What make is that isolator? I may consider changing mine to one in the spring.

Interesting.... How nobody wanted the bounty's 😂 Why? Well, I love them😀

Pressure is very low, given this is new install it is either leaking or installers did not performed checks well. Also I think this type of ESBE valve is actually mixing valve, which can be used as diverter valve, but there exist on market a proper diverter valves which perform their role better.

Nice to know there is a heat geek assured installer in the Walsall area.

So that hot water tank doesn't have an internal heat exchanger?

Looks a nice install that

Thanks for the vblog, very informative 👍

Just wondering how big that cupboard looking at heat pump but my cupboard is only 760 wide

Maybe further insulate that heat exchanger.

nice setup👍

Vaillant recommend that the databus (2 core) is at least 0.75mm^2 per core, so have you wired that separately?

You might want to check the water pressure - looked to be on 0.9bar but your OEM heat meter wants it to be 1.5bar

Would you mind sharing roughly how much your heat pump cost including installation. Thank you.

Thank you for sharing 👍👍👍

All looks good although with all of those pumps, valves, and other tech widgets it does seem as though there’s a lot to go wrong in the long term with potential for high expense.

Thanks for documenting and sharing this. Looks like a great installation. Your heat pump will be running flat out when it does a legionella cycle. Most of the rest of the time it will be using a small amount of it's capacity, even on a normal DHW cycle. Towards the end of the DHW cycle when the flow temp ramps up, you can see the electrical consumption also ramping up and you'll be able to witness the unit getting marginally louder than normal. Make sure you wipe the little solar panel every few months to keep it clean. Unfortunately the sensocomfort is still very much needed. The app is very basic and buggy, mainly due to Vaillant servers! Where possible avoid using the solar diverter with the current tariff rates. Better to export and heat the water with the heat pump overnight on a cheap rate for a 1/6 of the cost. The most efficient way to heat your hot water is to let the tank cool as much as possible before reheating. Regular top ups will not help your DHW COP. Enjoy your first winter of lovely comfortable heating and your new toy! 😅

That is a wrong electrical setup. They will need an RCD type B in that board not a main switch or RCBO. Good decision to go with OEM!

That was all me eating those chocolates 😂

Thanks Jason. Is it necessary for the thick cable to go under the doorstep? If not, it would be neater to bury it in the gravel?

Coming along nicely Jason 👍

Hi there! What flow temperature are you planning to use? I've looked at the Steelrad Compact models as well, but they dont have any heating output data for low temperature systems as far as I can see.

Is this exciting……🤔

Still a bit of an eyesore on the side of the house, IMO

Laughed at the sight of the 'Heat Geek Assured' tape 😁 Great touch!

is this part of the install or something you bought extra

I was actually expecting a Harry Enfield spoof..

Videos need be longer with more content

How much did you shop around before going with heat geek. I’ve spent 6 months with them trying to make a system cost effective, and failed (over £22K before BUS grant), then went to Octopus and for exactly the same install (pretty much) they are coming in over £11K cheaper. This doesn’t seem to be an isolated case either, I’ve spoken to two other prominent you tubers that went with octopus and they had the same experience. My install ended up being a 9kw ASHP, new 250l cylinder, 13 new radiators and because we have micro bore pipework there will be a volumiser (nothing wrong with that) just to get the volume of water in the loop up. After BUS it’s only £3.6K which I thought was pretty darned excellent, certainly compared to the £15K Heat Geek we’re quoting anyway.

Agree that correct radiators is important for a successful outcome. We upgraded all our radiators and now achieve 21C all the time at a flow temp of only 35C. Aira designed and installed our ASHP system. Also important is insulation. We upgraded all our windows and doors beforehand.

Re towel rails generally they're not for heating the bathroom but often with a high temp flow a small towel rail will overcome the towels hindering the heating of the room and maintain a good temperature in the bathroom. When swapping to a heat pump if towels are left on it all the time you will find the bathroom tends to be colder leading to condensation issues. Often it's a better idea to increase the size of the towel rail if it's going to have towels left on it when swapping to a heat pump.

Will be good to know what is the quoted dB noise rating to actual. Some say its tolerable, some say its excessive, to the point that neighbours complain....thx

Enjoyed your vblog, will the towel rails in the bathrooms meet the heat loss calc? As an aside I love your nixie clock.

Very smart work, thanks for sharing. Particularly impressive their efforts on replacing floorboards etc to how it was before

Do you happen to know the brand of the pipe lagging they used?

Hi Jason. Did you get a quote from octopus for the installation? Why a vaillaint heat pump although i here lots of others choosing this manufacturer?

Thanks, this video was very informative, delivered in non tech terms and helpful to anyone researching this. No need for you to apologize to anyone.

Jason What capacity is your Hot water tank? Ta

Thanks for uploading and will be good to see a heat geek install rather than another octopus. You will be right about decommissioning solar divert, no longer needed. How many litres does your mixergy hold?

Interesting to see this; thanks for taking the time - I look forward to seeing the installation process continue and seeing the data heat pump this records.

That was boring.

2024 sale now😂😂😂,lucky I found your video

It looks like they showed you a video of a real drone but then sent you a toy. 😳

I had E99 PRO drone what I paid $15 it has camera. It's much better than this thing.

Scammer, this is a scam. I paid $45 for a drone that has no camera no sensors and can not fly for even 10 minutes.

Send it back and sue them. If you dont win the sue the courts for not seeing the obvious snd incompetence, youll win and it may slow this crap down

Before i ran across this video, i noted in their disclaimer "due to manufacturing process sizes may vary from what is in the advertising images" that's the automatic red flag that covers their unacceptable reasons to return your money. Classic Chinese bait and switch. Stay away