Heat pumps provide an economic, environmentally responsible and reliable means of heating your home
The chances are that if you are reading this guide, you have heard something about heat pumps. Maybe you have heard about free energy collected from the grond or air, or you have been told you can reduce your heating costs.
It is possible to retrospectively fit a heat pump to supply heating and or hot water to an existing property.
Utilising information such as the size and age of your existing heating
system together with fuel bills, floor area, secondary heating (e.g.
open fires), all help to predict the benefit of utilising a heat pump.
In some cases, it is possible to keep the existing heating system to
which the heat pump can be "docked". There are a number of different
types of heat pump, makes and model available. Deciding which is best
for your home depends on a number of factors.
Ecoliving offer a range of heat pumps for new properties and will
assist you to ensure that the most suitable heat pump is chosen for
your project. Thereafter, we will support you through all aspects of
the project from liaising with architects, building contractors and
installers to energy calculations, forecast savings and grant
applications.
The following information is important to have handy and will help ensure you make the right choice:
- Size of your home in m2
- Number of people living there
- Number of bathrooms / showers
- Type of building (semi detached, bungalow, no. of floors etc)
- Age of building and history of improvements
- Future plans (extension, renovation)
- Extent and nature of surrounding land
- Your existing heating system (radiators, under floor etc)
- Heating / boiler type and age
- Annual energy usage for heating and hot water (in kWh or £)