SteamyTea

One way of not getting them installed I guess.

That is because, like Cornwall, it was never invaded by the Romans.

I would like a system like that, but I can't see an easy way to administer it i.e. if the installer goes bankrupt, who then pays. What is, generally a known known, is the energy usage of a house. It is in the gas bill. There may be slight differences due to occupancy and internal temperature, but generally not huge. So half the verification of a heat loss survey is already done. Few current heating companies will bother to double check their numbers against known data. I also think that we need to loose the term 'Heating Engineer'. That is a description anyone can use, it means nothing now.

Yes, and that is what science is based on. The way he stubbornly refused to concede, in the face of overwhelming evidence, and then have a Damascian conversion is what irks me. Whether I like it or not, he had a huge influence before 2006 and would have been better of saying nothing, but he carried in saying he was not convinced it was happening. If anyone is interested, here is the IPCC's Physical Science Summary for Policy Makers.

Yes, there are going to be disappointed people. Why we need a decent program to educate. I frequently hear the Betamax vs VHS argument put forward. Not a good argument, they both worked, the problem was, in part, that Betamax was a closed format, VHS an open format. Was more to do with marketing than technology.

BREXIT language is kicking in already. I think I am going to invest in a company that makes metric to imperial adapters.

Was this the same David Attenborough that was not convinced that anthropogenic climate change was real until about 15 years ago? Now he is making a living from emotionally blackmailing the general population.

Sturdy girl that Karen who was driving the Rangerover. She could have just picked up the protestors, one under each arm, and carried them away.

Is there anything, from an energy transfer point of view, to not have larger pipework?

Would hate to think i mine was made by Cornishmen.

You can use an IR thermometer if your aim is good.

My house is a similar size to the OPs flat (48m2). I do my laundry at night, and I sleep though it. How much do you think you use during the day? I work evenings, only use a couple of kWh during the day, and often less. 80% of my energy is at the night rate.

Almost there then. https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/heat-recovery-efficiency-d_201.html

Yes it will. The majority will be generated via renewables and some new nuclear. This should not come as a shock to anyone, it has been discussed, like Climate Change, for years. The people that need to do the work, not small builders and householder, but the infrastructure providers, know what to do, how to do it, and when it has to be done. None of this is an idea that popped into Boris Johnson's head last night. I also heard them talking about fuel poverty on the radio earlier. This really does need a proper definition. Many people still work on 10% of a household's wage. This is a nonsense number and was plucked from thin air I suspect. I am going to claim that most households are in 'vacation poverty', 'transport poverty' and 'gambling, fags and booze poverty'. I base that on nothing that prejudice and ignorance. But as a nation we are certainly suffering from 'educational poverty'.

Are they talking about doing proper heat load calculations? And why the (expletive deleted) are you listening to Radio 2. That is for people that are stuck in the past.

It is about time we got @DamonHD to have a word with his father. He used to combine entertainment and fact quite well.

Be wary of IR heating. If it was so brilliant, we would not have panel and fan heater. Have you considered storage heaters, they have moved on since the 1980s. Maybe discus with landlords again tell them there is free money to be had.

Or a terminology one, they should be called convectors, not radiators. I do hope that science lessons in schools start teaching this stuff, it is all very simple, little mathematics needed and could make a huge difference.

Been discussed, quite badly, on R4 all morning. Left a program about COP in Glasgow as it was not saying anything new. Regarding MCS taking the £5k as a 'bonus', it may spur others on to do a 5k system. It puts a price on things. You can now get PV installed for a quarter of the price than 15 years ago, not all of that is down do lower module price.

No. But I know my energy load could be very small at night, sub 1 kWh/night. If you are going off grid, demand reduction is the key.

Check it, and maybe get extra cover. Don't mention when your neighbour came around.

Are you/your builder insured?

Think it is better to start a new thread about this. This is about people venting off their frustration about government policy.

Don't it work because it takes time to charge up the capacitor, this is what shifts the phase. I take it that the capacitor/s are after the transformer/s. Can you work out the RMS voltage?

So glad I did not rush out and buy a telly then.