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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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    Do the heat loss survey, and dampness first. 

    Cavity wall insulation, loft insulation, proper window vents, kitchen & bathroom extractors, checking the underfloor solum, air vents, drainage, should be first thing to do.

    Gas is a 'heat the room' solution. Heat pumps are 'heat the house'. 

    It's not clear if the house already has plumbed water radiators. If not you may want to look at air conditioning (heats & cools) as an alternative to the cost of the plumbing. 

    As noted, if the house is cold, look to put on a jumper (and jacket) for the house (insulate, no drafts), rather than trying to warm up by holding a cup of tea and shivering...

    We've just had to replace a rotten ground floor room, sort the drains & solum, get cavity insulation and sort leaking roof & insulate. Heating isn't the cure, though nice to have.

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    Do the heat loss survey, and dampness first. 

    Cavity wall insulation, loft insulation, proper window vents, kitchen & bathroom extractors, checking the underfloor solum, air vents, drainage, should be first thing to do.

    Gas is a 'heat the room' solution. Heat pumps are 'heat the house'. 

    It's not clear if the house already has plumbed water radiators. If not you may want to look at air conditioning (heats & cools) as an alternative to the cost of the plumbing. 

    As noted, if the house is cold, look to put on a jumper (and jacket) for the house (insulate, no drafts), rather than trying to warm up by holding a cup of tea and shivering...

    We've just had to replace a rotten ground floor room, sort the drains & solum, get cavity insulation and sort leaking roof & insulate. Heating isn't the cure, though nice to have.

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