Perfect timing. I was about to invest in a Mitsubishi system but instead bought a joint of organic, nitrate free, unsmoked gammon. You’ve saved me a fortune.
Andrew trying to do a professional, informative video. Flaviana starts talking, and you just see Andrew going between confusion, frustration and hilarity as he tries to get a word in. We love you Flaviana. Happy anniversary!
I could never live with an Italian woman ( even one was ravishing as her) they are just too much!!! I dated one in my 20s and it was exhausting. She had 2 speeds shrieking and demure manipulation.
This charming video was mostly about two people who are clearly madly in love with each other despite their very different personalities and approaches to life! It was also good about using icons air-conditioning for heating and cooling. Their lack of preparation for the video, disagreements about facts and figures and doing it on the hoof made the video longer but it was entertaining - it’s not often I laugh out loud several times during a heat pump video! Thank you!
Who knew you could combine so seamlessly comedy and sustainability. This had me laughing out loud in places. Thanks so much for your time putting this together and for your honesty and info. Very glad I found this video.
Great video. Your wife is a treasure! She’s a high maintenance Diva and worth every penny. Funny, irreverent, confident and she happily drags you out of your comfort zone. You do your part well. Everybody knows in a comedy duo, the “straight man” has the toughest part.
Great video. We got a small a2a system for the 2 main rooms abut 6 years ago mainly to absorb excess solarPV. Everything has it's pro's and cons. Much cheaper than a wet system especially if you have to upgrade pipes and radiators, but no gov subsidy. A must have is to get a decent solarPV + battery system which is a game changer. Lots of negativity in popular press about the cost. Buying a house or a private pension is a cost but most people would describe these as investments. We have been getting 10-15% pa return which back in 2016 was 100x better than a saving account. Our system provides 100% of electricity, heating and hot water 8 months of the year. The cooling capability of a2a is becoming more and more useful even in the UK. Something we appreciate almost every summer now. I agree with other comments, Mrs EV is the star is the show.
I had a Panasonic air con fitted for over 20years in my last house, when I moved into my current new house, I have two Panasonic aircon installed almost immediately (1xbedroom, 1xliving room) BTW your wife is very funny!
I love this couple. I like how he is trying to do his thing and she bumps him off his flo. He never seems to get frustrated. She loves to poke him . She makes it very interesting to watch. She doesn’t pull any punches which is awesome. He’s the calm and she’s the storm.These two are perfectly matched. They will be married until the end of time.
I am crying! Crying over the ham. And then the height difference. Now tears of Joy explode because of the beanbag! Did it stop there, no, the washing of the filters topped it all of. Wow i dont know if you know but you guys are magnificient.
move away from the cars to the home - Mrs EV takes over. This was fab. Practical information, great context and approach from Mrs EV that I think people can sympathise with. I'm surprised the boiler replacement grant doesn't allow for A2A heat pump if you have an immersion or solar heating like you have
This is Public Service Broadcasting at its best, Holly and Phil can take a back seat, from ozone depleting refrigerant gases to nitrites in ham in the same segment, that's class!
The fact is were getting ripped of for air to water because of the grant....seriously don't worry about the grant, the cost gets inflated to eat that up. I'm going air to air when my boiler is done. Might fit a tiny gas boiler for the water...have to see.
for the bifold - an awning can help to keep the high sun out from heating your floors/room during summer, while letting the low sun in winter and sunset to come through.
You don't even need to spend £100s on a manual / electric awning. I bought a 4 pointed sail style awning that's about 5x4m with steel hooks in each corner, about £40 from a company on ebay. 2 corners hook onto hooks on the house. 2 are on nylon ropes to trees in the garden. Creates a lot of shade that shades my 3.6m 4 door bifolds. Stops the laminate getting hot. Stops the patio reflecting into the house, cuts down on the cooling needs of our AC unit. Yours is even bigger, but same principle. It can survive rain and wind, but we take it down if the weather's going to be bad, and in winter. Just unhook the 4 corners, fold it up and put it in the shed. 2 minutes. I see so many old awnings that look worse for wear after a few winters. All discoloured.
Yep ... a UV Sailshade would work well ...you can even have a series of them in different colours overlapping. Used a lot in Australia. I have one over my hot tub area 🙂
What a great additions to have Flaviana in the videos. I've watched you for years from when you 1st started and this video was by far the most entertaining and real life! Happy Anniversary to you both too!
I added AC into our house over ten years ago at a very cheap price as it was on offer during winter and it has served us very well. My wife thought i was mad and spending money in a foolish manner but with the recent heatwave it has been a pleasure to come home to a cool house.
Yes well worth having , I live now in Canada so you are having now what we had last summer we were up to 45c on Vancouver Islands most summers here don't go much above 26c . I bought a mini split A/C unit called a MrCool I installed myself it come in a kit fully charged ready to go you just have to put it together . It works 100% very happy I have it.
Air to air heat pumps are the the best way. I mean look at the 2022 UK heatwave, people are complaining about the 40C temperatures which people are now wishing they have an air to air system.
Love the tangent to cold meats 😂 Good vid - I used to have a similar heating-cooling unit at my office. Was great in both winter and summer. Hand;t considered one for the home, but it’s an interesting option. I want to get rid of my boiler at some point and am considering AHSP, so this is interesting to consider (but boiler is only 2-3 years old, so a bit too new to be scrapping it at the moment). And Happy Anniversary too!
I liked Mrs EV ‘s climate change observation about moving further North! Hadn’t considered such a viable alternative to radiators, thank you both great video
Heat pumps are more efficient When the temperature differential between inside and outside is smaller. So in the summer you can turn the temperature down at night, and turn it up a bit during the day. If your house is well insulated this can significantly reduce the electricity the heat pump uses during the daytime. Just throw an extra blanket on the bed at night! This strategy can also be used during the winter, except it may not save money in areas where you have time of use pricing. Where I live there’s no time of use pricing, every kW costs the same as every other kW, so this is a great year-round strategy for us. But it would be a good summer strategy anywhere. :-)
Many thanks - like all of your videos, they are hugely informative and entertaining. Although yet to be fully persuaded that an EV is for me, I am now convinced that ASHPs are the future. And I'll eat less ham.
From Australia, welcome to summer heat. Happy anniversary. 12 years sounds like a long time for now. When you get to 30 or 50 years you will realise how short it was. Your glass wall looks like it is facing west, which is the hardest orientation to control. Movable shading would probably work the best, such as a pergola with extendable shade cloth or awnings that can be pulled out in summer and retracted to let in winter sun. 3 metre width could make a pleasant sheltered outdoor dining area. Adding floor to ceiling curtains would be more cost effective insulation than triple glazing and can be opened or closed as required to control heat flow in or out. It may help to put an awning over your heat pump or maybe a ventilated enclosure (another diy project). This would reduce the heat load it is working against in summer. It may also reduce icing up from frost in winter.
This is a really amusing video. If you have an Air to Water split system the Heat Pumps use the same gas as Air Con Heat Pumps as the conversion to radiator water is done inside the property. The reason A2A isn't on the grant is because they don't want the increased load on the national grid during the summer. Mini Split Multi Zone systems are great because it's one outside unit, but if you get a leak you lose heat/cooling to the entire installation where as 1 to 1 units obviously have redundancy and the ability to have separate climates in each room. There's other things like you're able to get a higher scop from air to air than air to water and because of being air to air they tend to work to a lower outside air temperature. 15c instead of 5c.
Flaviana and Andrew priceless, entertaining, informative and dare I say it brutally honest so rare these days "Im standing on tip toes" love it just makes me smile.....and yes im going to look at Octopus with your voucher LOL.
I really love your accent. I could listen to it all day long. Thanks for the informative video, I have a heat pump air to water heating our main house but getting an air to air system in the garden room and garden office so this was brilliant info. Great video, also your daughter has brilliant taste in music, i love Abba. Grazie molto from sunny Northern Ireland, UK :)
Nearly a year since I watched this video and I think it may be the most influential youtube video I have seen. I did lots of research but perhaps it was a lightbulb moment when I realised Flaviana was absolutely right about so many things! We now have a multisplit air to air system which we use for 100% of our heating and cooling needs. In a month or so we will be getting a 5.6kw solar array. In combination our home will be emitting less CO2 by several tonnes per year and it is more comfortable. We will also save money on running costs, though of course the upfront investments were rather significant.
We're in Cambridgeshire. It's not crazy hot so far this year but the humidity is oppressive. The heat would tend to linger into the night upstairs which makes sleeping tricky for the kids. With the AC running just very moderately we can keep the house feeling comfortable for surprisingly little power use. Absolutely love it and no regrets at all.
Excellent video as always. You make an excellent team or perfect couple. You make it look like you are always having fun, as it should be the case. I have been married to my lovely wife for 30 yrs, I am not sure what Flaviana would say after that long. Keep up the great work.
“We’ve gone from Air-conditioning to Ham!!!” 😂 Love it! Love the spontaneous Ed’s of this video, but informative as well. Looking at an air-to-air heat pump for our property, hence coming across your great video. Keep up the great work!
This is the most refreshing air to air multisplit heat pump install video I've watched, and one of the most informative. Nitrite free ham is the way, for sure.
They should remove the painting of the Mona Lisa from the Louvre and replace it with a painting of Flaviana showing a wry smile. Flaviana would be a big hit. The museum would be mobbed to see her.
You two make a great double act! Love the fact you can’t get a word in edge ways when Flaviana talks. Keep up the great videos when you are both making them!
Waitrose Car Park in Canterbury - the ultimate testing ground for parking assist technology. 😂. Another great video - surprised by the efficiency figures. Looking forward to the update.
Happy anniversary! Great to see a video about energy and household. We're considering air to air for heating in a new build, and definitely interesting to hear your experience. With regard to the heat from the large windows, similar to Passivhaus style, the best is to make sure there is good shading above the window, so to shade when the sun is high in the summer.
Firstly - happy anniversary. I don’t think I’ve ever watched a TH-cam video about air conditioning, but I get the novelty of it. When I lived in the UK I was just as amazed with double glazing and gas heating which I was enthralled with. In Australia aircon is ubiquitous - especially reverse cycle ones like yours. Multi-head units are far less common for a few reasons #1: they are a single point of failure (if the condenser dies there’s no aircon in any room - they get punished in our baking sun or the circuit board can be shorted out by a gecko) #2: as you pointed out you have to have each room running at the same temperature and #3: they are expensive to run as they are servicing a larger area. Individual units for each room are more common for this reason. It’s also common to close off a lot of the rooms in a house and just run the main unit in the living, dining and kitchen area of a home to help reduce the running costs. Ducted aircon is also common, but far more expensive to purchase and hard to retrofit if you’re not building. Solar panels are also extremely popular to help offset the running costs as electricity is horrendously expensive. It’s common to have a PV system in size ranging from 5-10KW although I know of homes with 30KW solar systems. Batteries less so as they are very expensive. There are a lot of ways we need to insulate against the heat - it’s not only oppressive but can build up the thermal load in the home which then requires running aircon for longer. Your pump was really interesting - I’ve never seen an aircon with one so very unusual. I did a quick comparison of the pricing here in AU$ vs UK£ and the same model and setup came in at £4,300 less installation so not bad. Enjoy the cool 😎
In the UK if you don't heat every room you might get condensation in the rooms you don't heat and then you get damp, mould. We just heating the house at a low temp that is comfortable, insulation of the house is a must of course or your just throwing money 💰 away. Great video 📸
Haha, air-to-air heat pump talk turns into a talk about prosciutto by Mrs. EV 😀😀😀. The diversions are great. Happy Anniversary… the both of you look great after 12 years … wait till 39 years 😜😜😜
Happy Anniversary to both of you, I enjoy watching the pair of you bounce of each other, the banter makes for great viewing. Interesting video so thanks.
Good and entertaining explanation of air conditioning. An air conditioner gives 3x more heat or cold than the electricity used (COP = 3). Water condenses out because cool air can hold less moisture than hot air, unless the air is dry. The earth, 2m or more down, has a constant average temperature, so cellar or a lot of mass (thick walls) keeps a house at a more constant temperature. A flat roof must have thick insulation.
Ha Ha, Andrew was just as much a bystander as we were in this video. I think it's safe to say that Mrs EV went a little off script in this one. What a joy to watch you two are! Liked, subbed and rung the bell!
The lady looks very self focused, constantly interrupting him, talking that "I like this and that", not "we like this and that". I feel a bit sorry for the man. But she is very beautiful and charismatic, that's why I guess he puts up with that :D
I'm in the process of getting a heat pump myself. Step 1 is replace the rather small solar panel installation that came with the house (built 2017), then replace the boiler with an all electric heat pump and then get AC/heating done. My house has 2 stories and I'm not fond of piping running on the outside, it just doesn't look good. So.. for the AC/heating part I may consider a monoblock installation instead.
Good choice. Living in the arid western US (Colorado) we used an evaporative cooler. That became increasingly unworkable with heavy smoke from wildfires. We installed an air source heat pump that provides very efficient heating and cooling. Our indoor units are flush mounted in the ceiling. We’ve been able to eliminate using natural gas for heating. Congratulations on eliminating your gas use entirely.
@@MrEV No but I’ll check it out. Also don’t worry about the heat expelled outside from the heat pump. That’s just ambient heat. Heat pumps don’t generate heat like burning gas does. They just move it from the inside to the outside and vice verse in the winter. I’m still trying to wrap my head around that concept.
I saw a recent quote for electricity and gas from Scottish Power for a 1 year fix, £150 per source exit fee. Electricity was at 52p/kWh, gas was at 17p/kWh. So electricity now only 3x as expensive as gas. To think a year ago I was on 13p electicity with Octopus, 3.5p gas with Bulb! The standing charges were about 47p electric, 25p gas. About the same as everywhere. The estimated bill for the year was over £5400 for a house in my road, mostly 4 bed detached houses. Getting solar to power whatever you use is a great idea now - for those that can afford it, and own their own place, and have a suitable roof!
Have just found your channel, I must say this was a very entertaining video as well as being informative. Flaviana is an absolute star, are you sure she's not from Yorkshire instead of Italy because she certainly says it like it is 😂🤣😂. I'll definitely watch more of your videos, cheers 👍.
Heat pumps are the future, but I’m fascinated by the ways in which people around the world used to heat their homes in the past. Out here on Canada’s west coast, when I was growing up most people used a mix of wood heating and oil furnaces. Over time that was replaced by electric baseboard heating in most new homes (which was a revelation, as oil furnaces typically had one temperature setting for the whole house, yet electric baseboard heating allowed every room to be set independently). And now it’s becoming very common for heat pumps in new home construction, and many old homes with oil furnaces are switching to centralized heat pumps that use the fact that oil furnaces required ducting through the house. So there are no heat pump units in any of the rooms, but you can still set the temperature in the zones independently through the house. I have never every seen a natural gas boiler in a house, let alone lived in a home with one.
20 million homes in UK have (natural) gas. It is the default energy supply for heating and cooking. The rest use oil, LPG, solid fuel, or electrical heating - usually a mix. If a modern gas combi boiler is fitted, this gives hot water, and a 'wet' system of pipes to. radiators or ufh. Usually no separate hot water tank. Big consideration for many if switching systems is finding space for this, especially in new housing stock, flats etc. The UK government plan is that gas will be phased out in 30's. So a mixture of solutions now on offer, but none are as cheap or simple as gas, so change is slow. The other concern for me is resilience. If the electric power is lost (last winter off for 3 days) most heating, including gas and possibly oil CH can't be used, So I now have woodburner stove for heat (and a camping gas cooker) to supplement my electric-only house. Installing a full wet system for ASHP is a no-no for me. A2A does have appeal though. Great video.
@@asilver2889 It'll be harder for people living in a "flat", but for single-family dwellings the long-term will be people running their homes off of their car during a power cut, I expect. This will be especially convenient for a typical two-car family, somewhat less convenient for a one-car family if the car can't go anywhere until the power is restored, LOL. But it's not as bad as it sounds, because cars spend most of their time sitting around anyway. :)
Haha Flaviana! .. As a Greeklish person, i loved the familiar Italian demeanour, great guys, love it! Thank you for sharing your experience and opinions as users rather than biased installers or commission based advice let's call it. Helped us in relation to insulated Greek house system choices in Attica region .. think we are aiming for ASHP air to air cooling and heating. Oh and say no to NITRATES! lol .. joking aside, we agree.
Thanks - very apt as I’m looking for this type of system for heating & cooling a one bed flat in Bath. Some really good points both pros & cons - thanks👍
Talking about ham, I was laughing so much! Loved the fact you didn't iron your shirt, your wife had to go and check the model of the unit, brilliant! Unplanned and totally not boring. So funny, keep up the good work.
We replaced our double glazing 2 years ago and put solar reflective glass in, which reflects the heat. Made a huge difference and used the air con much less since.
You should look into placing external sunscreens. They are better than sunblocking foil because you can put the screens up in the morning/evening and in the colder seasons as to not lose sunlight in your interior and free energy heating your home. The downside is that the screen takes away some of your beautiful view when closed as it needs to be a pretty dense mesh to block the sun optimally. And you have to open a screen if you want to keep a passage open to your yard. The inferior options would be: - sunblocking foil on the outside of your windows, but this will take energy and light out of your home for the 9 colder months as well as in the morning and evening making your house darker and colder. - sun canopy: this can take a lot of direct sunlight out of the house when the sun is at it's hottest and highest. Also allows for some nice shade to sit outside in the summer. Biggest downside is that they are fragile for wind and rain so not ideal to leave it it open all day when you're away.
Some great suggestions there. We do have a canopy on one side actually (I forgot to film it) and that certainly helps a lot. As time goes on we'll have to borrow more and more solutions like sunscreens from countries like Italy with more experience in dealing with this sort of weather. I'd also like fly screens so we can leave the windows open at night (without air conditioning on of course) without fear of mosquitos eating us while we sleep!
Thanks. Thinking of putting aircon in our flat here in France. Our charcuterie is the same. You have to buy low salt and nitrate free. Our electricity is mostly nuclear so that’s good but I’m aware that we’ll just be taking the heat from inside and putting it outside. But shutters are good too on those big windows. Happy anniversary! Here they say not to go more than 8° lower than the outside temperature.
19:55 Love that you say you can't be bothered to find the running costs - points for honesty! You don't need to know how much gas you used to figure out your running costs now, surely
Ideally if the sun is beating on your bifold doors put up some sort screen during the hotter months. Does you caravan have an awning? Look at the wall attachment available for caravans. You could even build DIY panels but either way you need to make sure that storms won't rip the screen off. The DIY screen you showed at the end would block at least 50% of the radiant heat hitting the doors. If you want to experiment cover your doors in paper for one day in the middle of a row of hot days.
Triple glazed (as well as double glazed) windows, in the UK, are designed and installed to keep heat IN your house. Thus, triple glazed will do a better job of keeping heat in your house! You should focus on preventing direct sun light from hitting your windows during the Summer.
Well this has really cheered my day up.....the bit at 12 mins had me giggling out loud ...best double act since Morecambe & Wise :) ...been a subscriber for ages but the ones since the addition of Flaviana (hope that's spelled correctly) have added that little extra..... .keep em coming you two (PS Andrew...buy her a small step to stand on :) )
#1. Brilliant! Loved it. #2. A good investment might be external sun blinds along the wall with the bifold glass doors. 95% of the time you have that fantastic view. 5% its a bit limited. #3. Happy anniversary.
Really useful video. Would love to know more about other improvements you’ve made too. Love the various helpful interventions from flaviana. I hope you kept all of them in.
Perfect timing. I was about to invest in a Mitsubishi system but instead bought a joint of organic, nitrate free, unsmoked gammon. You’ve saved me a fortune.
Hahahah
I’m baffled by that statement……lol
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Hope it was northern Irish gammon
Mitsubishi is a better air/air heatpump brand than panasonic and will use less energy ;)
Andrew trying to do a professional, informative video. Flaviana starts talking, and you just see Andrew going between confusion, frustration and hilarity as he tries to get a word in.
We love you Flaviana.
Happy anniversary!
Love her in my bedroom! Would def have something for her to keep that mouth quiet!!
I could never live with an Italian woman ( even one was ravishing as her) they are just too much!!! I dated one in my 20s and it was exhausting. She had 2 speeds shrieking and demure manipulation.
This charming video was mostly about two people who are clearly madly in love with each other despite their very different personalities and approaches to life!
It was also good about using icons air-conditioning for heating and cooling. Their lack of preparation for the video, disagreements about facts and figures and doing it on the hoof made the video longer but it was entertaining - it’s not often I laugh out loud several times during a heat pump video!
Thank you!
What a wonderful comment to read - thank you so much, Colin!
What a brilliant episode! The big TV companies would love to have a show as honest and entertaining as this - infectious stuff!
Lovely of you to say, thank you!
Who knew you could combine so seamlessly comedy and sustainability. This had me laughing out loud in places. Thanks so much for your time putting this together and for your honesty and info. Very glad I found this video.
Great video guys 🙌🏼
Flaviana is an absolute treasure, never change, your personality is amazing 🤩
The spontaneous tangents from Mrs EV are what turns a dry subject into a comedic, yet informative masterpiece. Brava!
"I moved to England to escape the heat in Italy and now the heat has come here" I love it!
Great video. Your wife is a treasure! She’s a high maintenance Diva and worth every penny. Funny, irreverent, confident and she happily drags you out of your comfort zone. You do your part well. Everybody knows in a comedy duo, the “straight man” has the toughest part.
Thank you, and I agree!
@@MrEV ❤️
Great video. We got a small a2a system for the 2 main rooms abut 6 years ago mainly to absorb excess solarPV. Everything has it's pro's and cons. Much cheaper than a wet system especially if you have to upgrade pipes and radiators, but no gov subsidy. A must have is to get a decent solarPV + battery system which is a game changer. Lots of negativity in popular press about the cost. Buying a house or a private pension is a cost but most people would describe these as investments. We have been getting 10-15% pa return which back in 2016 was 100x better than a saving account. Our system provides 100% of electricity, heating and hot water 8 months of the year.
The cooling capability of a2a is becoming more and more useful even in the UK. Something we appreciate almost every summer now.
I agree with other comments, Mrs EV is the star is the show.
Ev's, A/C and Italian meats... All the info I ever need 👌😂
PS ... And B&Q DIY projects! 😉
Excellent video Flaviana, especially the section about cold meats and nitrates...LOL. Happy anniversary to both of you.
Some of the best ham advice I’ve ever seen. Thanks for looking out for us!
Oh my god. I did not expect such entertainment from such a dry subject! Amazing video!
I had a Panasonic air con fitted for over 20years in my last house, when I moved into my current new house, I have two Panasonic aircon installed almost immediately (1xbedroom, 1xliving room)
BTW your wife is very funny!
I love this couple. I like how he is trying to do his thing and she bumps him off his flo. He never seems to get frustrated. She loves to poke him . She makes it very interesting to watch. She doesn’t pull any punches which is awesome. He’s the calm and she’s the storm.These two are perfectly matched. They will be married until the end of time.
That’s the most wonderful thing we’ve read for ages, thank you.
"So.... In wanted them GOnnne" I think Flaviana is a gem. I loved this one from the first minute on. 15 years together, congrats on that and enjoy!
I am crying! Crying over the ham. And then the height difference. Now tears of Joy explode because of the beanbag! Did it stop there, no, the washing of the filters topped it all of. Wow i dont know if you know but you
guys are magnificient.
Thank you! I'm blushing.
A great video. Great team work that could only be achieved with 12 years together, congrats!
move away from the cars to the home - Mrs EV takes over. This was fab. Practical information, great context and approach from Mrs EV that I think people can sympathise with. I'm surprised the boiler replacement grant doesn't allow for A2A heat pump if you have an immersion or solar heating like you have
I agree - if someone has solar PV there's no reason why they shouldn't get a grant for air-to-air as well.
I thought you could - as long as it was pure heating and no cooling
This is Public Service Broadcasting at its best, Holly and Phil can take a back seat, from ozone depleting refrigerant gases to nitrites in ham in the same segment, that's class!
The fact is were getting ripped of for air to water because of the grant....seriously don't worry about the grant, the cost gets inflated to eat that up. I'm going air to air when my boiler is done. Might fit a tiny gas boiler for the water...have to see.
@@Lewis_Standing Although Daikin now sell air-to-water systems that can do cooling as well which I believe you can still get a grant for!
OMG only stumbled on this , had me in stiches a one of a kind helpful informative & Hilarious !
for the bifold - an awning can help to keep the high sun out from heating your floors/room during summer, while letting the low sun in winter and sunset to come through.
Yes, I should have said we have one on one side. I thought I'd filmed it but obviously not!
yes
You don't even need to spend £100s on a manual / electric awning. I bought a 4 pointed sail style awning that's about 5x4m with steel hooks in each corner, about £40 from a company on ebay. 2 corners hook onto hooks on the house. 2 are on nylon ropes to trees in the garden. Creates a lot of shade that shades my 3.6m 4 door bifolds. Stops the laminate getting hot. Stops the patio reflecting into the house, cuts down on the cooling needs of our AC unit. Yours is even bigger, but same principle. It can survive rain and wind, but we take it down if the weather's going to be bad, and in winter. Just unhook the 4 corners, fold it up and put it in the shed. 2 minutes. I see so many old awnings that look worse for wear after a few winters. All discoloured.
@@MrEV Installing removable awnings as suggested here by Mark would also keep your electricity for air air conditioning down considerably.
Yep ... a UV Sailshade would work well ...you can even have a series of them in different colours overlapping. Used a lot in Australia. I have one over my hot tub area 🙂
I came on here to get info on air sourced heats pumps and and get a Anglo Italian Two Ronnies. Great info and entertainment.
Flaviana is so funny!
I really admire the patience of Andrew with Farina and I admire the sharpness en brightness of Fviana.
What a great additions to have Flaviana in the videos. I've watched you for years from when you 1st started and this video was by far the most entertaining and real life! Happy Anniversary to you both too!
Thanks Paul!
I added AC into our house over ten years ago at a very cheap price as it was on offer during winter and it has served us very well. My wife thought i was mad and spending money in a foolish manner but with the recent heatwave it has been a pleasure to come home to a cool house.
Yes well worth having , I live now in Canada so you are having now what we had last summer we were up to 45c on Vancouver Islands most summers here don't go much above 26c . I bought a mini split A/C unit called a MrCool I installed myself it come in a kit fully charged ready to go you just have to put it together . It works 100% very happy I have it.
Air to air heat pumps are the the best way. I mean look at the 2022 UK heatwave, people are complaining about the 40C temperatures which people are now wishing they have an air to air system.
Love the tangent to cold meats 😂 Good vid - I used to have a similar heating-cooling unit at my office. Was great in both winter and summer. Hand;t considered one for the home, but it’s an interesting option. I want to get rid of my boiler at some point and am considering AHSP, so this is interesting to consider (but boiler is only 2-3 years old, so a bit too new to be scrapping it at the moment). And Happy Anniversary too!
I liked Mrs EV ‘s climate change observation about moving further North! Hadn’t considered such a viable alternative to radiators, thank you both great video
Heat pumps are more efficient When the temperature differential between inside and outside is smaller. So in the summer you can turn the temperature down at night, and turn it up a bit during the day. If your house is well insulated this can significantly reduce the electricity the heat pump uses during the daytime. Just throw an extra blanket on the bed at night!
This strategy can also be used during the winter, except it may not save money in areas where you have time of use pricing. Where I live there’s no time of use pricing, every kW costs the same as every other kW, so this is a great year-round strategy for us.
But it would be a good summer strategy anywhere. :-)
Many thanks - like all of your videos, they are hugely informative and entertaining. Although yet to be fully persuaded that an EV is for me, I am now convinced that ASHPs are the future. And I'll eat less ham.
This channel is so fun to watch...facts with entertainment... lovely combination,...
Thank you!
From Australia, welcome to summer heat.
Happy anniversary. 12 years sounds like a long time for now. When you get to 30 or 50 years you will realise how short it was.
Your glass wall looks like it is facing west, which is the hardest orientation to control. Movable shading would probably work the best, such as a pergola with extendable shade cloth or awnings that can be pulled out in summer and retracted to let in winter sun. 3 metre width could make a pleasant sheltered outdoor dining area.
Adding floor to ceiling curtains would be more cost effective insulation than triple glazing and can be opened or closed as required to control heat flow in or out.
It may help to put an awning over your heat pump or maybe a ventilated enclosure (another diy project). This would reduce the heat load it is working against in summer. It may also reduce icing up from frost in winter.
This is a really amusing video.
If you have an Air to Water split system the Heat Pumps use the same gas as Air Con Heat Pumps as the conversion to radiator water is done inside the property.
The reason A2A isn't on the grant is because they don't want the increased load on the national grid during the summer.
Mini Split Multi Zone systems are great because it's one outside unit, but if you get a leak you lose heat/cooling to the entire installation where as 1 to 1 units obviously have redundancy and the ability to have separate climates in each room.
There's other things like you're able to get a higher scop from air to air than air to water and because of being air to air they tend to work to a lower outside air temperature. 15c instead of 5c.
Flaviana and Andrew priceless, entertaining, informative and dare I say it brutally honest so rare these days "Im standing on tip toes" love it just makes me smile.....and yes im going to look at Octopus with your voucher LOL.
I really love your accent. I could listen to it all day long. Thanks for the informative video, I have a heat pump air to water heating our main house but getting an air to air system in the garden room and garden office so this was brilliant info. Great video, also your daughter has brilliant taste in music, i love Abba. Grazie molto from sunny Northern Ireland, UK :)
Thank you! Great to hear. We went to see ABBA Voyage a few months ago. Spectacular!
@@MrEV I bet that was amazing, my wife laughed at me when I was one of the first to buy the new voyage album. Keep up the great videos
If you dont like the heat you are alwys welcome to sweden. Thanks for al good information.
Nearly a year since I watched this video and I think it may be the most influential youtube video I have seen. I did lots of research but perhaps it was a lightbulb moment when I realised Flaviana was absolutely right about so many things! We now have a multisplit air to air system which we use for 100% of our heating and cooling needs. In a month or so we will be getting a 5.6kw solar array. In combination our home will be emitting less CO2 by several tonnes per year and it is more comfortable. We will also save money on running costs, though of course the upfront investments were rather significant.
That's so amazing to hear. Thank you! We're really loving the cooling so far this year. Is it warm where you are? How are you finding it?
We're in Cambridgeshire. It's not crazy hot so far this year but the humidity is oppressive. The heat would tend to linger into the night upstairs which makes sleeping tricky for the kids. With the AC running just very moderately we can keep the house feeling comfortable for surprisingly little power use. Absolutely love it and no regrets at all.
Happy Anniversary!
You are the best!
Excellent video as always. You make an excellent team or perfect couple. You make it look like you are always having fun, as it should be the case. I have been married to my lovely wife for 30 yrs, I am not sure what Flaviana would say after that long. Keep up the great work.
Congratulations on putting up with each other for 12 years.
It's been easy!
“We’ve gone from Air-conditioning to Ham!!!” 😂 Love it! Love the spontaneous Ed’s of this video, but informative as well. Looking at an air-to-air heat pump for our property, hence coming across your great video. Keep up the great work!
Thanks most entertaining video about AC I have ever seen. Had me in stitches
Thank you both, very informative & entertaining. A user's real world experience is so helpful. 👍
A ""happy wife"" is a happy life...
Great video.💯👍
This is the most refreshing air to air multisplit heat pump install video I've watched, and one of the most informative. Nitrite free ham is the way, for sure.
love it , Flaviana not taking prisoners with mr ev
This was really helpful, I’m viewing houses to move and one had this system which I didn’t understand. Thankyou
This is absolutely brilliant. Mrs EV is so funny.
They should remove the painting of the Mona Lisa from the Louvre and replace it with a painting of Flaviana showing a wry smile. Flaviana would be a big hit. The museum would be mobbed to see her.
Hahaha. Flaviana's rant about ham, was even better than any info about the AirConditioning.
I love the authenticity of your channel. You two are great, and of course, Happy Anniversary.
Happy Belated Anniversary.
Both of you compliment each other perfectly.
You two make a great double act! Love the fact you can’t get a word in edge ways when Flaviana talks. Keep up the great videos when you are both making them!
You have the patience of a Saint , Andrew . A review by the Mrs E V.👍👍👍
Waitrose Car Park in Canterbury - the ultimate testing ground for parking assist technology. 😂. Another great video - surprised by the efficiency figures. Looking forward to the update.
Happy anniversary! Great to see a video about energy and household. We're considering air to air for heating in a new build, and definitely interesting to hear your experience.
With regard to the heat from the large windows, similar to Passivhaus style, the best is to make sure there is good shading above the window, so to shade when the sun is high in the summer.
The double act is worth watching alone. The consumer information is a bonus! :)
Firstly - happy anniversary. I don’t think I’ve ever watched a TH-cam video about air conditioning, but I get the novelty of it. When I lived in the UK I was just as amazed with double glazing and gas heating which I was enthralled with. In Australia aircon is ubiquitous - especially reverse cycle ones like yours. Multi-head units are far less common for a few reasons #1: they are a single point of failure (if the condenser dies there’s no aircon in any room - they get punished in our baking sun or the circuit board can be shorted out by a gecko) #2: as you pointed out you have to have each room running at the same temperature and #3: they are expensive to run as they are servicing a larger area. Individual units for each room are more common for this reason. It’s also common to close off a lot of the rooms in a house and just run the main unit in the living, dining and kitchen area of a home to help reduce the running costs. Ducted aircon is also common, but far more expensive to purchase and hard to retrofit if you’re not building. Solar panels are also extremely popular to help offset the running costs as electricity is horrendously expensive. It’s common to have a PV system in size ranging from 5-10KW although I know of homes with 30KW solar systems. Batteries less so as they are very expensive. There are a lot of ways we need to insulate against the heat - it’s not only oppressive but can build up the thermal load in the home which then requires running aircon for longer. Your pump was really interesting - I’ve never seen an aircon with one so very unusual. I did a quick comparison of the pricing here in AU$ vs UK£ and the same model and setup came in at £4,300 less installation so not bad. Enjoy the cool 😎
well covered sir...
In the UK if you don't heat every room you might get condensation in the rooms you don't heat and then you get damp, mould. We just heating the house at a low temp that is comfortable, insulation of the house is a must of course or your just throwing money 💰 away. Great video 📸
You guys are awesome. Too funny.
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Haha, air-to-air heat pump talk turns into a talk about prosciutto by Mrs. EV 😀😀😀. The diversions are great. Happy Anniversary… the both of you look great after 12 years … wait till 39 years 😜😜😜
Happy Anniversary to both of you, I enjoy watching the pair of you bounce of each other, the banter makes for great viewing. Interesting video so thanks.
Happy anniversary. You make a thoroughly entertaining couple. If you think 12 years is a lot, wait until you hit 30!!!
Quite a compliment to be compared to Ronnie Corbett! Thank you!
Good and entertaining explanation of air conditioning. An air conditioner gives 3x more heat or cold than the electricity used (COP = 3). Water condenses out because cool air can hold less moisture than hot air, unless the air is dry. The earth, 2m or more down, has a constant average temperature, so cellar or a lot of mass (thick walls) keeps a house at a more constant temperature. A flat roof must have thick insulation.
Air conditioning to ham to diy. You two are great, and Happy Anniversary!"
Happy Anniversary, Felice Anniversario! Thank you for the video!
Ha Ha, Andrew was just as much a bystander as we were in this video. I think it's safe to say that Mrs EV went a little off script in this one. What a joy to watch you two are! Liked, subbed and rung the bell!
Again, you two can talk on any subject as long as Mrs EV is in control.
Came for the AC info, stayed for the Italian deli meat review. Hilarious and informative, thank you and Happy Anniversary 🙂
The lady looks very self focused, constantly interrupting him, talking that "I like this and that", not "we like this and that". I feel a bit sorry for the man. But she is very beautiful and charismatic, that's why I guess he puts up with that :D
I'm in the process of getting a heat pump myself. Step 1 is replace the rather small solar panel installation that came with the house (built 2017), then replace the boiler with an all electric heat pump and then get AC/heating done. My house has 2 stories and I'm not fond of piping running on the outside, it just doesn't look good.
So.. for the AC/heating part I may consider a monoblock installation instead.
Happy anniversary, and, a tint film on the glass doors would do wonders.
Good choice. Living in the arid western US (Colorado) we used an evaporative cooler. That became increasingly unworkable with heavy smoke from wildfires. We installed an air source heat pump that provides very efficient heating and cooling. Our indoor units are flush mounted in the ceiling. We’ve been able to eliminate using natural gas for heating. Congratulations on eliminating your gas use entirely.
That's great to hear! Colorado looks beautiful from what I've seen. Do you follow Sean Mitchell on TH-cam?
@@MrEV No but I’ll check it out. Also don’t worry about the heat expelled outside from the heat pump. That’s just ambient heat. Heat pumps don’t generate heat like burning gas does. They just move it from the inside to the outside and vice verse in the winter. I’m still trying to wrap my head around that concept.
I saw a recent quote for electricity and gas from Scottish Power for a 1 year fix, £150 per source exit fee. Electricity was at 52p/kWh, gas was at 17p/kWh. So electricity now only 3x as expensive as gas. To think a year ago I was on 13p electicity with Octopus, 3.5p gas with Bulb! The standing charges were about 47p electric, 25p gas. About the same as everywhere. The estimated bill for the year was over £5400 for a house in my road, mostly 4 bed detached houses. Getting solar to power whatever you use is a great idea now - for those that can afford it, and own their own place, and have a suitable roof!
Have just found your channel, I must say this was a very entertaining video as well as being informative. Flaviana is an absolute star, are you sure she's not from Yorkshire instead of Italy because she certainly says it like it is 😂🤣😂. I'll definitely watch more of your videos, cheers 👍.
Heat pumps are the future, but I’m fascinated by the ways in which people around the world used to heat their homes in the past.
Out here on Canada’s west coast, when I was growing up most people used a mix of wood heating and oil furnaces.
Over time that was replaced by electric baseboard heating in most new homes (which was a revelation, as oil furnaces typically had one temperature setting for the whole house, yet electric baseboard heating allowed every room to be set independently).
And now it’s becoming very common for heat pumps in new home construction, and many old homes with oil furnaces are switching to centralized heat pumps that use the fact that oil furnaces required ducting through the house. So there are no heat pump units in any of the rooms, but you can still set the temperature in the zones independently through the house.
I have never every seen a natural gas boiler in a house, let alone lived in a home with one.
20 million homes in UK have (natural) gas. It is the default energy supply for heating and cooking. The rest use oil, LPG, solid fuel, or electrical heating - usually a mix. If a modern gas combi boiler is fitted, this gives hot water, and a 'wet' system of pipes to. radiators or ufh. Usually no separate hot water tank. Big consideration for many if switching systems is finding space for this, especially in new housing stock, flats etc. The UK government plan is that gas will be phased out in 30's. So a mixture of solutions now on offer, but none are as cheap or simple as gas, so change is slow.
The other concern for me is resilience. If the electric power is lost (last winter off for 3 days) most heating, including gas and possibly oil CH can't be used, So I now have woodburner stove for heat (and a camping gas cooker) to supplement my electric-only house. Installing a full wet system for ASHP is a no-no for me.
A2A does have appeal though. Great video.
@@asilver2889 It'll be harder for people living in a "flat", but for single-family dwellings the long-term will be people running their homes off of their car during a power cut, I expect. This will be especially convenient for a typical two-car family, somewhat less convenient for a one-car family if the car can't go anywhere until the power is restored, LOL. But it's not as bad as it sounds, because cars spend most of their time sitting around anyway. :)
I don't even need this info but stayed because your dynamic is hilarious 😂
Flaviana is soooo Italian…..fantastic
Flaviana is the star! :)
Haha Flaviana! .. As a Greeklish person, i loved the familiar Italian demeanour, great guys, love it! Thank you for sharing your experience and opinions as users rather than biased installers or commission based advice let's call it. Helped us in relation to insulated Greek house system choices in Attica region .. think we are aiming for ASHP air to air cooling and heating. Oh and say no to NITRATES! lol .. joking aside, we agree.
Greece is one of our very favourite places. You lucky person! Will you have solar as well?
Thanks - very apt as I’m looking for this type of system for heating & cooling a one bed flat in Bath. Some really good points both pros & cons - thanks👍
Talking about ham, I was laughing so much! Loved the fact you didn't iron your shirt, your wife had to go and check the model of the unit, brilliant! Unplanned and totally not boring. So funny, keep up the good work.
You are a great pair, I would watch your shows all day- such a laugh.
Ps please move to lovely cold Ireland!
We replaced our double glazing 2 years ago and put solar reflective glass in, which reflects the heat. Made a huge difference and used the air con much less since.
You should look into placing external sunscreens. They are better than sunblocking foil because you can put the screens up in the morning/evening and in the colder seasons as to not lose sunlight in your interior and free energy heating your home. The downside is that the screen takes away some of your beautiful view when closed as it needs to be a pretty dense mesh to block the sun optimally. And you have to open a screen if you want to keep a passage open to your yard.
The inferior options would be:
- sunblocking foil on the outside of your windows, but this will take energy and light out of your home for the 9 colder months as well as in the morning and evening making your house darker and colder.
- sun canopy: this can take a lot of direct sunlight out of the house when the sun is at it's hottest and highest. Also allows for some nice shade to sit outside in the summer. Biggest downside is that they are fragile for wind and rain so not ideal to leave it it open all day when you're away.
Some great suggestions there. We do have a canopy on one side actually (I forgot to film it) and that certainly helps a lot.
As time goes on we'll have to borrow more and more solutions like sunscreens from countries like Italy with more experience in dealing with this sort of weather. I'd also like fly screens so we can leave the windows open at night (without air conditioning on of course) without fear of mosquitos eating us while we sleep!
Thanks. Thinking of putting aircon in our flat here in France. Our charcuterie is the same. You have to buy low salt and nitrate free. Our electricity is mostly nuclear so that’s good but I’m aware that we’ll just be taking the heat from inside and putting it outside. But shutters are good too on those big windows. Happy anniversary! Here they say not to go more than 8° lower than the outside temperature.
19:55 Love that you say you can't be bothered to find the running costs - points for honesty! You don't need to know how much gas you used to figure out your running costs now, surely
It's a year on so yes, I have the data now! I'll aim to do an update video soon.
Happy anniversary guys - you both are great - love watching your videos
Ideally if the sun is beating on your bifold doors put up some sort screen during the hotter months.
Does you caravan have an awning?
Look at the wall attachment available for caravans.
You could even build DIY panels but either way you need to make sure that storms won't rip the screen off.
The DIY screen you showed at the end would block at least 50% of the radiant heat hitting the doors.
If you want to experiment cover your doors in paper for one day in the middle of a row of hot days.
Triple glazed (as well as double glazed) windows, in the UK, are designed and installed to keep heat IN your house. Thus, triple glazed will do a better job of keeping heat in your house! You should focus on preventing direct sun light from hitting your windows during the Summer.
Although this video was informative system wise, Flaviana stole the show 😆 I bet she’s great at a dinner party !
Flavianas wisdom is incredible.
Well this has really cheered my day up.....the bit at 12 mins had me giggling out loud ...best double act since Morecambe & Wise :) ...been a subscriber for ages but the ones since the addition of Flaviana (hope that's spelled correctly) have added that little extra..... .keep em coming you two (PS Andrew...buy her a small step to stand on :) )
I agree…radiators are a pita for a room.
Heat pumps are the norm in NZ. Starting to get heat pumps for hot water tanks too.
Put an awning outside to give your bifolds some shade.....it willh3p keep you cool
#1. Brilliant! Loved it. #2. A good investment might be external sun blinds along the wall with the bifold glass doors. 95% of the time you have that fantastic view. 5% its a bit limited. #3. Happy anniversary.
Really useful video. Would love to know more about other improvements you’ve made too.
Love the various helpful interventions from flaviana. I hope you kept all of them in.
Happy anniversary! Thanks you for the laughs....sorry, information! I don't eat Ham....but if I ever buy some I know what to look for! :D