Air source heat pumps - no thanks

[Taffy Blue in Berkshire]

visited a relative who just had one of these and was totally unimpressed.

definitely not a cosy house, radiators barely warm and water not very hot.

i'll take our gas boiler any day.

came home to a decent piping hot shower and warm radiators.

for the record they also use a lot of electric, noisy, take up space and don't work with microbore pipes.

z

[goats]

Re: Air source heat pumps - no thanks

visited a relative who just had one of these and was totally unimpressed.

definitely not a cosy house, radiators barely warm and water not very hot.

i'll take our gas boiler any day.

came home to a decent piping hot shower and warm radiators.

for the record they also use a lot of electric, noisy, take up space and don't work with microbore pipes.

z

Woeful substitute for what we have already, it won’t be the alternative for the future that’s for sure…..unless the government want us all to freeze to death…..

[Wales-Bales]

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You will be forced to use heat pumps, and gas boilers will be reserved for the elite members of society.

[Taunton Blue Genie]

Re: Air source heat pumps - no thanks

The poor will have to set fire to a pile of locusts in their living room to keep warm.

[Wales-Bales]

Re: Air source heat pumps - no thanks

The poor will have to set fire to a pile of locusts in their living room
to keep warm.

[Dorcus]

Re: Air source heat pumps - no thanks

The poor will have to set fire to a pile of locusts in their living room to keep warm.

But surely they'd be torn between eating them or heating them?

[A Quiet Monkfish]

Re: Air source heat pumps - no thanks

visited a relative who just had one of these and was totally unimpressed.

definitely not a cosy house, radiators barely warm and water not very hot.

i'll take our gas boiler any day.

came home to a decent piping hot shower and warm radiators.

for the record they also use a lot of electric, noisy, take up space and don't work with microbore pipes.

z

They can't heat rads and water. To get rooms as warm as we're used to, you'll need either enormous radiators or underfloor heating. As you said, they're noisy - for the customer and the neighbours, and they aren't any cheaper than gas, probably more expensive nowadays. Even then your home needs a complete insulation job.

They're utter rubbish - I should now I used to sell them..

[Gofer Blue]

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The golden rule is: always insulate and draughtproof your property as much as possible before considering any changes to the C/H system. In that way you will considerably reduce the amount of fuel you currently use and maybe get your property's heat load low enough that an ASHP could do the job. Unfortunately most people assume that you can simply replace an existing gas or oil boiler with an ASHP without following the golden rule.

I agree with the OP though that ASHP is best suited to UFH or if not feasible, install larger radiators and replace microbore pipework with 15mm/22mm. DHW will likely always be an issue though. Pretty sure that heat pump technology will improve and we'll get much better COP values in the future - hence another reason not to rush into installing ASHPs right now!

[Taunton Blue Genie]

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But surely they'd be torn between eating them or heating them?

As they will have had their clotshots they will be zombified and simply live off the pickings of the contents of each other's' crania whilst waiting for the poles to invert.

[Dorcus]

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As they will have had their clotshots they will be zombified and simply live off the pickings of the contents of each other's' crania whilst waiting for the poles to invert.

What luxury!

[delmbox]

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The poor will have to set fire to a pile of locusts in their living room to keep warm.

Remember when Wales Bales was just Organ Morgan's apprentice and OM said that coats would cost thousands by Christmas 2023? What a time that was

[Wales-Bales]

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Remember when Wales Bales was just Organ Morgan's apprentice and OM said that coats would cost thousands by Christmas 2023? What a time that was

Is this an admission that you can't afford to shop in Harrods?

[delmbox]

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Is this an admission that you can't afford to shop in Harrods?

This is a piss poor retort, you're better than that

[Wales-Bales]

Re: Air source heat pumps - no thanks

This is a piss poor retort, you're better than that

It was more of a wiggle than a retort.

[Gofer Blue]

Re: Air source heat pumps - no thanks

Another potentially useful thread spoilt.