ground source heat pumps

**milanbenes** · 4 April 2008, 15:39

nope not yet

cost a fecking fortune to have and install

ultimately the water deep down gets colder

and you gotta be careful how many people in the neighbourhood have them

Milan.

**DimPrawn** · 4 April 2008, 16:15

Quick look shows they cost around £10K to install and save you about £800 a year in bills.

You decide if you wait that long for payback.

**Marina** · 4 April 2008, 16:20

Originally posted by moorfield View Post

Has anyone installed one or live in a house with one ?

Would be very interested to hear how you rate them - please PM me.

Cheers.

I've heard they can cause subsidence in some circs.

**IR35 Avoider** · 4 April 2008, 19:38

Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post

save you about £800 a year in bills.

My newish (1990) three-bedroom flat has a gas bill of only £240 per year. Build yourself a properly insulated house and expensive heating systems will make even less sense. (Would solar heating on the roof be cheaper?)

**KackAttack** · 4 April 2008, 19:49

Quick look shows they cost around £10K to install and save you about £800 a year in bills.

You decide if you wait that long for payback

This, like all home energy solutions is not worth it. Spend the 10k on energy shares - Scottish & Southern / United Utilities etc & enjoy a yield of approx £600 to take off your energy bills.

This also requires no maintenance and is portable.

**Turion** · 4 April 2008, 20:18

Originally posted by KackAttack View Post

This, like all home energy solutions is not worth it. Spend the 10k on energy shares - Scottish & Southern / United Utilities etc & enjoy a yield of approx £600 to take off your energy bills.

This also requires no maintenance and is portable.

Save the £10k and the running cost. Go buy some woolly jumpers.

This also requires no maintenance and is portable

**milanbenes** · 4 April 2008, 20:38

don't forget, if you want to use the heat pump you need to have under floor heating as it can't get the water to radiator level temperature

Milan.

**moorfield** · 4 April 2008, 20:42

Originally posted by milanbenes View Post

don't forget, if you want to use the heat pump you need to have under floor heating as it can't get the water to radiator level temperature

Milan.

Yeh that's why I asked cos I'm putting underfloor heating throughout Moorfield Towers, and the west paddock needs digging up and relevelling anyway so I thought I'd investigate.

**threaded** · 4 April 2008, 20:56

Originally posted by milanbenes View Post

don't forget, if you want to use the heat pump you need to have under floor heating as it can't get the water to radiator level temperature

Milan.

ha ha ha ha

what sort of toy are you using?

Girlie says the radiators get so hot because all the bodies down there fart so much...

ground source heat pumps