Octopus Energy Heat pump installation - Day 5 - The house is warm again

[@JohnJones-ri7pi]

Great video thanks, my install looks suspiciously similar to yours had mine installed by Octopus in April, I did a quick tot up of how many guys they had doing mine and I’m 99% certain they have to be losing money on these installs, I agree Octopus were brilliant for anyone that’s thinking of using them In the five day install I was without hot water for three days I think and heating for five - always happens in a cold snap the missus was not a happy bunny lol, though they did provide heaters so you can keep the important rooms warm and the house is definitely warmer now than when we had the gas boiler so I get brownie points for that now I used to wear a dressing gown around the house when I had a gas boiler… no more need for extra layers now, nice and toasty all day and the towels on the towel rails are always bone dry Was great to relive the experience watching your videos, I couldn’t believe how much work the guys do over the 5 days and how busy it was in the house that week, real scandal that these aren’t put in in new builds they’re such a faff to retrofit and so much good stuff gets thrown in the tip - bit of a government scandal really Look forward to the next videos 👍

[@JJ-zg1hh]

Total result!

[@chandreshvarsani2190]

Great video, it seems to be common from the 80s onward since gas was installed to have the main thermostat in the ground floor hallway which takes the longest to warm up in a two storey house. Octopus should have installed the room stat in the Living Room which is enclosed and away from doorways and sources of draught

[@johnb7644]

Glad everything has gone well Jonathan, really gives me confidence to start a heat pump journey next year, 👍

[@JonathanTracey]

i think it comes down to the quality of the survey, team said our surveyed did a good job so it made their life easier.

[@johnb7644]

@ Good to know when I start getting quotes.

[@colingoode3702]

Glad it all went well. I'm envious of the width you have down your side ally way for the HP. Mine's only 1m wide so regs prevent locating a HP there as it would be too close to a boundary (fence in my case). I have limited other places to locate a HP in either the front or rear garden that I would find aesthetically pleasing so this is currently the biggest barrier I have switching to a HP from a gas boiler.

[@yp77738yp77739]

Very interesting, thank you I learnt lots and have to ponder the implications for us doing so at some point. 21 C, that’s a sauna! There was an amazing invention about the time of Neanderthal man called clothes, they are free of charge.

[@JonathanTracey]

i agree 21 is too warm but once the house is hot (later today) we will turn it down to about 19ish

[@yp77738yp77739]

@ I turn the thermostat up to 10C for a couple of hours in the evening, the rest of the time it stays on the frost setting. There’s a double benefit in that it stops the children spending too long in the shower. At peak gas prices we actually made a profit after the government payments.

[@JCoo12]

Looking forward to the Shelly install and HA integration :)

[@JonathanTracey]

coming in about a week or so

[@simonpaine2347]

I wonder whether you have considered boxing in those pipes? I would be worried about the long term effects of the elements on the insulation, especially if it is in the sun for any prolonged periods. The insulation would be a pig and expensive to replace! Glad to see it up and running. A well presented journey.

[@JonathanTracey]

thanks, i’m going to monitor it for a while, a friend suggested building a fake side chimney stack to enclose them. but if they look like it’s deteriorating in a year or two i can claim under the warranty. that’s 5 years so i have some time to monitor.

[@bryanhindle8307]

Though Octopus use 50°c as a design temperature you will find the weather curve can be dropped to around 45°c. Every °c drop saves about 2% on running cost.

[@JonathanTracey]

yes it’s 50 at -7 i think, will check when back home later today

[@SeanMoore2008]

Did they run out of clamps for the overpressure discharge ?

[@JonathanTracey]

no why do you say that?

[@SoullessAndSynthetic]

I thought octopus were only installing their own heat pumps now, was this at your request to use the daikin?

[@mev202]

Hey, do you also have EV car charging at home? I'm just wondering if you had to have three phase upgrades carried out?

[@SoullessAndSynthetic]

What flow temperature did they design your system at? I’ve got Octopus coming next week to survey my house, they pre-quoted only £4400, but I’ve had British Gas and Heat Geek both quoting around £14000 (all after rebate), so there has to be some level of compromise in the octopus system to get the price down so much.