I know there are a good number of forum members who are or almost self sufficient in terms of electricity, hopefully I can have some valuable advice and product recommendations from you lucky people.
Now that Boris is willing to give grants towards heat pump installation I’m keen to reduce my carbon footprint and improve my energy efficiency. Until now if been reluctant to go down the solar route simply because I have a relatively small roof surface area facing south. I have a fairly large 4 db house which faces east/west with a small area facing south (5m x 6.5m uninterrupted view) although not surveyed I understand is insufficient to support a house of this size. The house is approx 11 years old and has very good loft & cavity wall insulation.
I’m not really interested in feeding energy back into the grid but would love to be able to manage our electrical, heating & hot water needs using a combination of solar, battery storage & heat pump.
Any advice would be really appreciated in terms of pit falls & poor systems to avoid, best systems & best supplier to talk to etc etc.
Thanks in anticipation.
Now that Boris is willing to give grants towards heat pump installation I’m keen to reduce my carbon footprint and improve my energy efficiency. Until now if been reluctant to go down the solar route simply because I have a relatively small roof surface area facing south. I have a fairly large 4 db house which faces east/west with a small area facing south (5m x 6.5m uninterrupted view) although not surveyed I understand is insufficient to support a house of this size. The house is approx 11 years old and has very good loft & cavity wall insulation.
I’m not really interested in feeding energy back into the grid but would love to be able to manage our electrical, heating & hot water needs using a combination of solar, battery storage & heat pump.
Any advice would be really appreciated in terms of pit falls & poor systems to avoid, best systems & best supplier to talk to etc etc.
Thanks in anticipation.