CIPHE Registered Heating Engineer and Heat Pump specialist with 20 years on the tools. He focuses on low-temperature heating design, hydraulic balancing, and transitioning properties away from fossil fuel boilers.
Davie MacLeod is a veteran heating engineer and a vocal advocate for the correct installation of heat pumps in existing British housing stock. A member of the Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering (CIPHE), he spent the first decade of his career installing gas boilers before pivoting entirely to renewables and low-temperature systems. Davie specializes in fixing "microbore nightmares" and correcting oversized systems that cycle inefficiently. He writes with the blunt honesty of a tradesperson who has seen every shortcut in the book, explaining technical concepts like weather compensation and flow rates in plain English to help homeowners avoid freezing winters and high electric bills.