heat pumps & Solar

Welcome to the future of household heating and hot water….Heat Pumps

If you are a forward thinking individual and excited by the prospect of having a low carbon heating system, want to increase the value of your property or go for the full self sufficient “off grid” system with solar thermal, solar electric (PV) and battery storage solutions then heat pumps, correctly installed are a superb option.

Heat pumps, be it air source (air to air or air to water), ground source or water source have been around in some form or another for decades. It is only recently that the U.K. are seeing a viable and affordable solution to the installation of these renewable sources of heat.

Add to that the B.U.S (boiler upgrade scheme) grant and the costs really are starting to make more sense.

Many are of the impression that they are unsuitable for older or poorly insulated homes which couldn’t be farther from the truth.

In reality it is all about the correct system design and importantly, how the system is controlled.

We love Advanced Weather Compensation here and you will too when you are toasty warm in your low carbon home.

Did you know that not all properties with heat pumps even need an internal thermostat due to an external sensor causing the internal system to alter? We think that is pretty smart.

We are Heat Geek approved installers, which means we love the techie side of the installations, the design and perfectly matching your new system to your home.

Also being Gas Safe allows us to safely and correctly decommission your gas boiler too.

If you have questions or would like to start your heat pump transition then send us a mail or give us a call.

Frequently asked questions

A heat pump is an excellent piece of kit. They use a specific liquid within the refrigeration circuit that allows them to boil and condense at much lower temperatures than water. It is the magic of these thermal interactions that allows large amounts of heat to be transferred between the outside air/water/ground into the water that heats your home and hot water cylinder.

They need electricity to run the compressor (engine of the unit) and water pumps, however, the longer they run for, relatively speaking, the more efficient they become. The electricity does not heat the liquids like a traditional emersion heater would.

A correctly designed and installed system ideally runs for longer durations which means less stops and starts (cycling) which means it's cheaper to run than a gas boiler and provides a nice steady temperature throughout your property.

Yes, a sweeping statement perhaps. Most properties can work if there is enough space.

Space for the heat pump itself and space for the increased size of radiators/emitters needed to allow the heating system to run at the lower water temperatures they work best at.

Some properties will need new pipework to the heating system, some won't. Every project is unique and requires the experienced heat engineers input from the initial and essential heat loss survey through to the specific heat pump required to best match your property.

We will be with you every step of they way.

No! and yes...a correctly designed and installed system will be cheaper to run AND be better for the environment along with the lower thermal stress to your system (and thus long term cost) than gas boilers.

Sadly however, there are a few horror stories where installers have not been educated enough to fully understand the requirements of a low temperature heating system and assume it is acceptable to just plumb a heat pump into an existing heating system. It rarely ever is.

This leads to heat pumps having to work much harder than optimal and turning on and off more frequently than designed for. All that poor planning and installation leads to an expensive way to heat your home due to the increased electricity usage.

Make sure you get your heat pump installed by an engineer that knows about mass flow rates, heat loss and velocity relationships.