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If you have a rural home with no gas
I had thought that oil (intermittently delivered by truck) was traditionally the cheapest solution to this? Obviously not future-proofed or particularly green.
NickCJ-
I had thought that oil (intermittently delivered by truck) was traditionally the cheapest solution to this? Obviously not future-proofed or particularly green.
Yup, we have oil as does the rest of the village. You have to order 500l min at a time and they turn up a few days later with a truck with a massive hose. There is a trial to move to HVO which is vegetable oil based and is pretty much a drop in replacement.
danb
Awesome. Actually, I asked the wrong question I think but would really appreciate your opinion anyway.
We're (probably) buying a rural house. It is five miles from the gas grid so gas is a no go. It is currently reasonably well insulated (with lots of room for improvement) but with a little time and money spent should end up being well wrapped up.
Currently it is electric only throughout. I.e hot water cylinder and storage heaters.
If you have a rural home with no gas, does ASHP make sense for hot water and heating? Or should we be considering adding solar too?
We want to do this properly from the start which means doing disruptive stuff before we move our stuff in.