The Folly of EPC

[moggy1968]

In an all electric house like this I think the savings could be considerable, especially if I swap the storage heater circuits to come on in the daytime.

My mum has a 4kW system, not ideally placed as it's at 20deg, and she is saving an average of £35 a month on her electric, so about 400 per year. On that basis, if I change our useage sensibly, I reckon even at 7.5p I could make it work, bearing in mind the reduced cost of installation. I haven't had an electric bill yet, but in a 4 bedroom all electric house with an EPC of G it aint gonna be small!

 

[sedgy34]

This is the government for ya
moving the goalposts surely that should be exempt
dont forget you may need planning too as its on listed land

 

[SRE]

In an all electric house like this I think the savings could be considerable, especially if I swap the storage heater circuits to come on in the daytime.

My mum has a 4kW system, not ideally placed as it's at 20deg, and she is saving an average of £35 a month on her electric, so about 400 per year. On that basis, if I change our useage sensibly, I reckon even at 7.5p I could make it work, bearing in mind the reduced cost of installation. I haven't had an electric bill yet, but in a 4 bedroom all electric house with an EPC of G it aint gonna be small!

Sorry if I sound a bit thick but won't you need the heat in Winter when the pv isn't going to be generating? Even at 10kwp that would only produce maybe 4kwp in the Winter over a whole day and sometimes we're only producing 200w in a day so 500w on a 10kwp system. We have electric underfloor heating in one room and the pv doesn't touch it in the Winter.

What's your Mum's secret, using 2,850 kwh of what's generated a year is great, must be around 75%? Other than heating everything else is electric and we've saved about £125 ish (26% of the 3450 we generated)over a year. We do all the washing, ironing, lawnmowing, dishwashing and tumble drying through the day when we're generating so there's only really the evening meal that's using any extra.

 

[Worcester]

SRE what do you do about the kids, mine come home the Xbox goes on, the PS3 goes on, the two computers go on, the MP3 players and amps go on arty:, !!!! (And then they sleep till lunchtime in the hols )

And when do you get the time to do the lawnmowing

 

[SRE]

I have to confess - my kid is 24! He sings on cruises so he's away from home most of the time I used to mow the lawn through the day because I couldn't sleep and did a lot of work through the night. Now I mow the lawn through the day because I'm waiting for the phone to ring!!

 

[jason121]

Are you not busy ?
Where abouts in the country are you?

 

[Eco Deal]

Id make my kids play board games in candle light at night !

 

[SRE]

Are you not busy ?
Where abouts in the country are you?

North West, almost all enquiries are from people with properties that can't make the D rating. There's hardly anything going on in a 40 mile radius of where we are.

 

[jason121]

I am having trouble with a couple trying to achieve the dreaded D.
Dont worry MCS have released there new draft paper maing harder for us all

 

[PengEF]

What was the thinking behind EPC of D or better to qualify for the FIT?

 

[jason121]

Have to make D grade to get higher rate of FITs

 

[moggy1968]

What was the thinking behind EPC of D or better to qualify for the FIT?

Are you seriously suggesting there was SOME THINKING BEHIND THIS NONSENCE?!

 

[Worcester]

We had our property EPC'd today.

The Energy Assesor had the same opinion though as like SRE we have a LOT of oil fired properties around here with no mains gas, al lot of old housing stock built in the 30's with no cavity wall insulation, so they struggle to get a D, wheras in his mind it is exactly those properties that would benefit from the PV.. he reckoned it was about face, and the A and B's don't need it .... so the more you need it the higher your FIT should be and make it attractive and easy for those that need it , and not so attractive for those that don't.

 

[SRE]

We had our property EPC'd today.

The Energy Assesor had the same opinion though as like SRE we have a LOT of oil fired properties around here with no mains gas, al lot of old housing stock built in the 30's with no cavity wall insulation, so they struggle to get a D, wheras in his mind it is exactly those properties that would benefit from the PV.. he reckoned it was about face, and the A and B's don't need it .... so the more you need it the higher your FIT should be and make it attractive and easy for those that need it , and not so attractive for those that don't.

Make that Energy Assessor Prime Minister!!!!! He's got my vote

 

[finchy]

I do feel for you chaps, passing an EPC on any of our jobs we get is a given.

I think even if there wasnt this EPC crap, business wouldnt be any better. PV is back to a cottage industry, from 2 week (last yr) now to planning/"hoping" for 1 a month. The mad rushes are getting less and less November was stupidily busy, February was managable, August we're done and dusted although one might come through (pending planning). Some would call it a hobby rather than a business !!