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Air Source Heat Pumps

Discussion in 'Lounge' started by hyperdildo, Nov 10, 2019.

  1. So your burning through 18/20,000 litres a year, what size tank do you have as that’s loads!
     
  2. As a general rule I tend not to give a fuck unless it involves my family or dog
     
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  4. I have read very similar items about the radiators having to be oversized to actually make it work, I don’t want massive radiators in my house tho. @AirCon had a good idea of running two units. Some people use solar and pv on the roof to offest the costs but I can’t as the house is listed so the planners won’t allow stuff on the roof
     
  5. 2 x 2000 litre tanks. BOiler is ancient so I could probably cut down a bit with a new one but just looking for alternatives as for many people that live near me the costs of oil are ridiculous
     
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  6. Really isn't. Mid terrace, 70 odd years old.
     
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  7. What utility company you with and maybe you are on some real food tariff..
    I can’t believe how cheap that is
     
  8. I just swapped to eon, dual gas and electric, normal search engine search.
     
  9. I am stunned how low it is. Pensioners round here pay 4 or 5 times that.
     
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  10. My mate I was chatting to about this yesterday lives in a 4 bed semi and pays £100 a month. His is about 20 years old though.

    Numbers you are talking about are crazy. I don't know how people afford it.
     
  11. No club near me as nearest neighbour is about 8 miles away so no community to have a buy in.
     
  12. I pay roughly 200 per month since co-op energy dry bummed me, and hence now have built up a credit of 1k... which they will of course say that I used in its entirety the next bill.

    We use around 7000kw pa in electricity a year and 20000 in gas, 90% of which is heating.

    And due to the PV array have a fixed rate tarrif as there's no point in me doing economy7 as I make sure everything is done in daylight hours.

    I've got 5kw solar array which has been worth its weight in gold.
    The feed in tariff is next to nothing, but the fact that mrs Sev is at home, and all the equipment that needs powering has made it pretty much slash the electricity bill in half.

    I was contemplating an air-sourced heat pump setup at some point, made even more attractive if they can fulfil a dual role and power an aircon system as well in summer.

    @AirCon is there still a feed in tarrif for air sourced heat pumps or have all the FiT's been stopped?

    What are the options for a dual role system if such exists, and what sort of money are we talking about to heat/cool a regular house like what 90's bike owners like me and Creamy live in as opposed to you fifty limited prototype bikes and Leonardo's original painting of the desmo mechanism, palace with no roof owning crowd wot is on here? :D
     
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  13. It’s just the norm for old listed houses that you are not allowed to change much on due to planning.
    Our electric is overhead and shit also as in the wind or heavy rain it sparks itself to death the drains are a cess pit.
    Glamorous isn’t it lol
     
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  14. Sounds horrific to be honest. I hope it's pretty with nice views and a double garage.
     
  15. Yep And no neighbours to be seen or heard with my own mx track so it has its trade off.
     
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  16. check the cop numbers,they are usually quoted at the optimum temps for the unit,real world is usually worse,not uncommon to get less kw out than you use.
    forget it for an old drafty house
     
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  17. i would look into pellet boilers if i was you,the more the house leaks,has no insulation the bigger the kw tariff they give you,like ash for cash.
    the tariffs have been cut and not as generous as the early adoptors but still a good option
     
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  18. I was also considering ground source as a maybe
     
  19. no,forget it,same problems as air,but much bigger installation issues
     
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