While looking at various options for heating a new build that is not on the mains gas grid, I find myself wondering whether anyone fits systems that use a variety of components one might normally buy separately that work together in a seamless fashion.. i.e. I'm trying to decide between things like:
Ground source HP
Air source HP
Possibly solar PV to run the above
Pellet boiler
LPG/Oil boiler and have these things delivered via lorry
Solar heating
Underfloor heating
Ceiling heating
Air con
Air heating
MVHR
Some of these things cross over, and there's so much choice and variation it's hard to know where to start, but let's say I choose GSHP, Underfloor, MVHR
In a setup such as above, can the boiler link to the MVHR, and extract heat from parts of the house where it is accumulating unwanted, and either redistribute it to the parts of the house where it's needed, or store the heat back in the ground for later retrieval? Or is the boiler largely ignorant of the existence of an MVHR, it's the MVHR's job to move hot air from the conservatory to a cold bathroom and the boiler just supplies heat independently to rooms it thinks are cold?
Does a house with an MVHR need/benefit from air con also or does the MVHR take its place? Is there a mechanism for cooling the house on a hot day using a heat pump based heating system? Is an MVHR a form of direct air heating that can take a feed from the boiler (possibly not if it's a GSHP due to the low system temps) if it needs to boost the temp of a room or do we just leave that to the UFH and boiler?
Can any of these apparently overlapping technologies be made to cover jobs of the others?
Essentially, I guess I want to know what the most sensible set of technologies is that I should install to efficiently heat and cool a family home that is in a rural location
Thanks guys
Ground source HP
Air source HP
Possibly solar PV to run the above
Pellet boiler
LPG/Oil boiler and have these things delivered via lorry
Solar heating
Underfloor heating
Ceiling heating
Air con
Air heating
MVHR
Some of these things cross over, and there's so much choice and variation it's hard to know where to start, but let's say I choose GSHP, Underfloor, MVHR
In a setup such as above, can the boiler link to the MVHR, and extract heat from parts of the house where it is accumulating unwanted, and either redistribute it to the parts of the house where it's needed, or store the heat back in the ground for later retrieval? Or is the boiler largely ignorant of the existence of an MVHR, it's the MVHR's job to move hot air from the conservatory to a cold bathroom and the boiler just supplies heat independently to rooms it thinks are cold?
Does a house with an MVHR need/benefit from air con also or does the MVHR take its place? Is there a mechanism for cooling the house on a hot day using a heat pump based heating system? Is an MVHR a form of direct air heating that can take a feed from the boiler (possibly not if it's a GSHP due to the low system temps) if it needs to boost the temp of a room or do we just leave that to the UFH and boiler?
Can any of these apparently overlapping technologies be made to cover jobs of the others?
Essentially, I guess I want to know what the most sensible set of technologies is that I should install to efficiently heat and cool a family home that is in a rural location
Thanks guys
