For a village hall, do you see any advantage other than environmental, in using a heat pump rather than gas for space heating, when Electricity is 24.847p per kWh and Gas 5.838p per kWh, both excluding CCL and VAT?

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We have been advised to consider a replacement gas boiler. The current one was fitted circa 2004 and has a 100 kW output (120 kW input). The situation is not helped by it being a large diameter pipe system and cast iron radiators, likely original from when the Class II listed building was built very early 1900s. (Some of the joints appear to be caulked lead!) 
 Clive

Sparkingchip · Answer

AncientMariner said: The situation is not helped by it being a large diameter pipe system and cast iron radiators, likely original from when the Class II listed building was built very early 1900s. (Some of the joints appear to be caulked lead!) 
 You appear to be describing a central heating system that may have used solid fuel, either coke or coal in a boiler that could have raised a good head of steam?

For a village hall, do you see any advantage other than environmental, in using a heat pump rather than gas for space heating, when Electricity is 24.847p per kWh and Gas 5.838p per kWh, both excluding CCL and VAT?

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