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Pro's and cons of a heat pump

aligarjon

Hi Guys.  

My son is in the process of buying his first house.  There are currently night storage heaters in there. Most are older models. One is quite modern.  There is currently no gas at the property but there is in the road if he wants to get it put in.

We are looking at options of either getting an Air sourced heat pump put in with new radiators etc or getting gas put in and going down the gas boiler route.

Does anyone have real world experience with heat pumps re running costs against the cost of using gas. I seem to remember that you need bigger radiators ? I may be getting that confused with something else :)

There is the obvious saving of standing charges if he doesn't get gas put in. Other than that I know very little about heat pumps. I am aware that there are currently grants available for heat pumps. 

Does anyone have any first hand experience or recommendations please.

Thank you

Gary

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    I suspect that once he gets a quote for how much it will cost to get connected to gas, the heat pump may seem like the better option.

  • 0 in reply to Simon Barker

    Ive just been doing a bit of reading about them. I must say I am not convinced. Especially as it's an older house (1970s) with wooden floors downstairs. They put our gas in for free 25 years ago if we used BG as our supplier for the first month Slight smile

  • 0 in reply to aligarjon

    He is most unlikely, and in that sense he is exactly  like the rest of us, to be still enjoying (relatively) cheap gas in 25 years time.

    Whatever heating is chosen, if contemplating the disruption of pipes and radiators being put in, also consider the extra upheaveal but longer term benefits of installing cavity insulation, and under the wooden floor insulation, and generally draft proofing and then ventilating in a controlled way so that the loss of heat is well managed.

    Gas may well make economic sense for now, but the trend will be for us to import more and pay more for it relative to electricity  in the longer term,

    Generally both heat pumps and condensing boilers when working efficiently need rads that are somewhat oversized compared to traditional practice, as the circulating water temps are lower but again, nothing beats knowing (and being in control of) your actual heat losses, so you know how much heat you really need in each room.

    Mike

    There even are those that think gas will be gone in  less than 25 years.. https://www.nesta.org.uk/feature/future-signals-2024/shutting-down-the-gas-grid/

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    He is most unlikely, and in that sense he is exactly  like the rest of us, to be still enjoying (relatively) cheap gas in 25 years time.

    Whatever heating is chosen, if contemplating the disruption of pipes and radiators being put in, also consider the extra upheaveal but longer term benefits of installing cavity insulation, and under the wooden floor insulation, and generally draft proofing and then ventilating in a controlled way so that the loss of heat is well managed.

    Gas may well make economic sense for now, but the trend will be for us to import more and pay more for it relative to electricity  in the longer term,

    Generally both heat pumps and condensing boilers when working efficiently need rads that are somewhat oversized compared to traditional practice, as the circulating water temps are lower but again, nothing beats knowing (and being in control of) your actual heat losses, so you know how much heat you really need in each room.

    Mike

    There even are those that think gas will be gone in  less than 25 years.. https://www.nesta.org.uk/feature/future-signals-2024/shutting-down-the-gas-grid/

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