Evening all. I have enquired about having a air source heat pump fitted after seeing adverts on social media. Very sceptical.
I have a solid brick detached property with no cavity. Wooden windows. Poor insulation. They said I’d benefit massively from the RHI scheme due to these reasons.
Today someone come to provide a quote to have a unit fitted. This cost with everything required is £15500. Including up to 7 new rads. Sounds very steep compared to a normal combi. This would be paid by me. Savings or bank loan. Then the government pay me £12000 back over the next 7 years in quarterly instalments (RHI). And there are a couple of other payments available. Boiler by back at £500 and the source pump manufacturers offer £1610 for monitoring feedback via an app/thermostat. So initial return for my outlay is good over the 7 years. Plus I will not be paying £1400 a year on LPG.
My main concern is the effectiveness of the system. They are meant to be used at low temp but constantly. My house is draft and cold so I fear it will never really heat up fast enough compared to the combi. Will hot water supply be enough? A pressurised 170L cylinder is also used to store hot water. I have a young growing family and a wife who runs the hot top throughout her bath. I also plan to lay 100m2 of UFH when renovating.
Will my electric bill sky rocket or will it be fractional in comparison to lpg price?
Any experience with these systems would be greatly appreciated to help me weigh it all up.
Thanks in advance.
I have a solid brick detached property with no cavity. Wooden windows. Poor insulation. They said I’d benefit massively from the RHI scheme due to these reasons.
Today someone come to provide a quote to have a unit fitted. This cost with everything required is £15500. Including up to 7 new rads. Sounds very steep compared to a normal combi. This would be paid by me. Savings or bank loan. Then the government pay me £12000 back over the next 7 years in quarterly instalments (RHI). And there are a couple of other payments available. Boiler by back at £500 and the source pump manufacturers offer £1610 for monitoring feedback via an app/thermostat. So initial return for my outlay is good over the 7 years. Plus I will not be paying £1400 a year on LPG.
My main concern is the effectiveness of the system. They are meant to be used at low temp but constantly. My house is draft and cold so I fear it will never really heat up fast enough compared to the combi. Will hot water supply be enough? A pressurised 170L cylinder is also used to store hot water. I have a young growing family and a wife who runs the hot top throughout her bath. I also plan to lay 100m2 of UFH when renovating.
Will my electric bill sky rocket or will it be fractional in comparison to lpg price?
Any experience with these systems would be greatly appreciated to help me weigh it all up.
Thanks in advance.
