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Thank you very much for the response. I've tried a few different things with my heating since I last posted in the thread. None of them have been overly successful. Firstly though, I think I actually have the HW boost kit fitted so I don't think I should have to heat the cylinder to 60°...

You're completely right. My main complaint is that my house is cold and I'm still paying a fortune for electricity. I wouldn't mind paying so much and having a lovely warm house. Alternatively, I wouldn't mind it being ridiculously cheap but not up to the standard of oil or gas central...

I can assure you mate, the thought has crossed my mind. :? If I thought it was an easy enough conversion I'd probably even look at getting is priced up. I'm not going to let it beat me just yet though. I'm going to find out how to operate it properly if it kills me. I just got off the phone...

So anyway, as I said in my last post, I turned down the dial on the side of my tank to 45c and I switched off the boost switch thinking that I'd hopefully made a difference to my crazy costs. Well, as far as I know all I achieved was running out of hot water last night!!! Back to the drawing...

I'm home now from offshore just in time for some nasty weather. Oh well, better to be in the house than the North Sea. Anyhoo, now that I'm home, I've managed to get more information about my set up. My ASHP is the Grant Aerona HPAW110 with 11.32kW output. It states a maximum heat output...

Thanks again Kev. I'm not sure if the Grant is hot water priority or not but I'll certainly try to find out. As far as putting the heating on all day - I'll try that out when I get home this week. When you talk about setting the heating to 20c 6am to 10pm and 18c 10pm to 6am do you mean...

That sounds exactly like the advice I was fishing for in my last post. I have to admit that it seems counter-intuitive to make it cheaper by having it on for longer periods. I wonder with my hot water if it needs to come on 3 times a day? We only normally have a couple of short showers and...

The £200 a month figure is based on the last 12 months. From all the information I'm getting I can see that I'm just operating it wrong now. I'm interested in the whole 'don't switch it on and off' thing. My Economy 10 tariff gives me 3 periods of Off Peak energy a day. The heating and water...

I think the first thing to say is that I don't think I had an MCS install. I looked in to it yesterday and it was just some random plumber and electrician who fitted my system. My builder/project manager subcontracted them in. I feel a bit like an idiot now, especially since I just found out...

Anyone got a lid for my can of worms? Thank you all for your advice. Some really interesting points there. I spoke to my builder today who has the same system fitted. He's not happy with his either during this cold spell. It begs the question, what is the point of a heating system that...

Thanks for the reply Dan. I'll keep a look out for Eaton on the boards then. Like I said, I'm just new here so I'm still having a good look around. Can't say if I'm being penalised or not for living in Orkney. My energy prices from my last bill in November (probably had at least two price...

Hi there. I'm new to the forums and was looking for a little bit of advice. In August 2011 I moved in to my new-build, ICF house. When I was deciding what I wanted my house to be like during the design phase I decided that I wanted it to be very well insulated, warm and energy efficient...