Owning your own home

There are a host of reasons why it doesn't work for us

• The current heating unit is located in the middle of the house so, even if the two were interchangeable you've still got to run the insulated lines to the pump though the whole house to get to it. And then put something in powerful enough to supply a big enough volume of hot air to every room

• the old system is pretty big, so you gain very useful space by removing it. In our case, it'll be our pantry. It also has to have a hot water tank which takes up a whole cupboard, which we'll use a wardrobe.

• They're not the widest properties so you have to mount the pump next to your neighbours which could piss them off with the noise it makes, would be easier when everyone has them I suspect.

• The cost of a heat pump isn't far of the whole install for a 'tradional system'.

• There are comparatively few installers for heat pumps, (vs. plumbers) and they're all in high demand with the new govt push which means a long wait for someone to do it. Fine if you've got a working system that you can adapt but will slow down our move sufficiently to be inconvenient

• the gaskets and insulation boards in the original system have asbestos in them

• Also, SOME air pumps can be reversed, they're technically capable of it (the system is a loop) but not all designed for it. The main drive of the govt In the UK is to replace your boiler so these systems tie into radiators, so there is no point in having very cold radiators. These systems also work well for underfloor heating systems, which would be great but I'm not ripping out the entire concrete pad the house is built on to install one.

These cover it well

https://youtu.be/7J52mDjZzto

https://youtu.be/7zrx-b2sLUs

I'm all for airpumps and but they aren't that feasible for our house at least. Hopefully in a few years when the price comes down more and they're more common place. I don't have the budget to be an early adopter.

Get UFH in every room howard.