JohnMo

It seems to have only two distinctions in the article 1. PH approved 2. Cheap brands that are poorly insulated. There is a lot of middle ground missing from the article, PH certified isn't the be all, ends all of equipment. The Titon units are neither a cheap brand nor are they poorly insulated. So missing entirely from the comparison made in the article. "How do you compare" you research, you buy cheap brands (you can pay cheap prices), make your choice, then get on with life. Inside a Titan HRV10 - a huge chunk of insulation, within a metal box, very tight fitting filters and heat exchanger. It's a huge unit and the large HE looks small but it's pretty big.

Would second that.

I would go on to the grant website and read all the rules for yourself and then you know what is correct.

Remember there is a time limit from grant approval to commissioning being complete.

Slight typo - vented should read unvented, for anyone else reading

But for best gas economy you would size them the same, to get best of the condensing mode.

Got my meter today, similar size to a smart phone, so you don't need your glasses on the read the digits. Just tested some tap water Conductivity is 305 microsiemens Scales produced (dissolved minerals) is 145 ppm. So my tap water comes in fine. But higher than I would like, so will be treating it. Ran tap water through the ion exchange resin, it seems to drop the dissolved minerals to about 45 ppm and half the conductivity to 150 microsiemens. A bit of playing with flow rates required to see how it changes. Have added a cheap hose pipe flow meter, then I can repeat a flow rate and also see the quantity of water I have, flushed out or added to system.

Start with basics Look at your name plate on the hot air heating system - what is it's rated output in kW. If it well below 14kW the quote you received is a bit of a joke. I would suspect closer to 6 to 8kW. Have a look on this forum, there have been people replace the hot air heat with A2A heat pump, so no radiators required.

Add 0.3 to number of air changes per hour and change MVHR efficiency to 0%.

For me these are the steps I would take. Assuming you keep the existing electric shower. Keep existing cylinder and heat via immersion as and when you need it, a simple immersion timer. Note: At heat pump temps 210L is more suited to a 3 bed house. Use the heat pump for CH only Do not do UFH unless you have lots of insulation below it. Especially if you are going to rip up sooner than later. Do you have idea of how many kWh of electricity you use for heating? Being electric it should run close to 100% efficiency, unlike a badly setup boiler. Use the reference here to check your likely heat pump size https://protonsforbreakfast.wordpress.com/2023/04/02/another-heat-pump-spreadsheet-beyond-the-rule-of-thumb/

That's a bit bonkers, take mains pressure water, drop the pressure, use a pump to make it high pressure again.

I wouldn't buy bearings from eBay way to many dodgy ones being sold. Would try bearing boys or simplybearings, have used in the past, would be my first port of call.

It was a combi boiler so heated the rads and hot water cylinder That is NOT a combi. That is a system or heat only boiler. A combi boiler has no cylinder. Your current shower unit is no longer suitable, so will need to be replaced. Good news is you no longer need a power shower, so a mixer will do .

Adjusted the flow rate on what?

That's the bit that may may need sorting. Do you still have the pump fitted? Is your cylinder an unvented cylinder? A quick look on the Screwfix blurb for that shower, the first thing it says is "Suitable for Low Pressure Water Systems Only", the Q&A section states "The Event XS is a power shower so it requires a cold and hot feed from a gravity supply" if you now have an unvented cylinder you do not have a low pressure system any more. That will be your issue.

I would look to tweek the approved design. Porch needs a bit of thought The end wall blank needs something to lift it design wise Maybe a window change or two Plenty of scope for solar, which is good

If by decorative you mean rounded stones, they provide zero load bearing and just slide about.

Real bargain, thought mine was cheap at £260 for one.

The Myson one you can set different temperatures for different times if you need, plus you can alter the water flow for heating and cooling, above or below (cooling) the fan is activated. With temperature and time program if you set to night you set the Mac speed the fan runs during night hours. I have mine set to 23 all the time, and it tries to manage that room temp with the water it's given, warm or cool.

I already have one but they cannot get past the start of commissioning due to zero communication.

I just tried to apply for one of those and got this

Just checked with Octopus and they are saying that there is nothing they can do to help my reception, think it's a long wave radio thing in Scotland. But they did put me on a cheaper fixed rate E7.

Same as the HRV10 I have. Basically the front cover comes off. Instead of a patch panel.

But if you don't or can't have (no signal) a smart meter you can choose E7 or standard tariff. We have no smart meter signal so are on E7. I was finding batch heating was fine down to about zero outside, below this I couldn't generate enough kWh of heat in 7 hours, to supply 24hrs of heat, so heat pump would continually to run during peak rate at high load and start draining the battery too much.

They are different, controller is completely different.