I did look into it when we had someone round talking about the government grant. But the grant is nowhere near enough to cover the overall cost for us.
From what I understand it’s suitable for some homes and not for others - I think it’s a great idea but might leave it a while until the technology improves and the whole thing doesn’t cost as much (our boiler is quite old so we probably should do something about it)
My boilers on its last legs so had a bit research on HP etc. Would love to fully electricify and get rid of the gas. Basically i need to spend thousands upgrading my insulation etc 1st before i could even think of spending the fortune needed on the HP itself. I don’t see how its doable without solar panels and a battery tbh.
In the end its worked out cheaper to install a wood stove in the front room as a stop gap as I get the money together to upgrade everything needed. Which tbh might never happen now all my cash has been drained away to nothing on energy bills and cost of living. Plus mortgage interest rates.
So my glorious vision of a more economical and eco friendly home has seen me turn medieval instead due to crippling finances
Similar thing with my Mum and Dad tbh. They moved to the west country and though the house has heating it’s evidently been designed when it was built to be heated most efficiently by the wood burner, which probably used to be a normal fireplace. (It’s not some isolated cottage, it’s just on a street, just to clarify…)
Theres a radiator in the spare room when we stay for instance but it might as well not be there for all the heat it manages.
So I think they’d be in an identical situation to you, they’d have to do up the whole house before it would even be worth looking at. But since they get hot water and they don’t freeze in winter they just stick with what they’ve got because they don’t really want to pay messing around with the house.
Yeah so many people are guna be in the same boat. No chance of getting mine up to standard now without some heavy grants. Its a 1950’s ex council house an designed to be heated by a central fire
Same with me. Bought home (20 years old, not a new build). Hot water tank needed replacing + energy company we’re doing grants. When I enquired, they replied my house was not suitable due to pipes being too small.
I wonder in the number of enquiries in to heat pumps between the two countries is just as wide, or if they’re a bit more similar?
I did look into it when we had someone round talking about the government grant. But the grant is nowhere near enough to cover the overall cost for us.
From what I understand it’s suitable for some homes and not for others - I think it’s a great idea but might leave it a while until the technology improves and the whole thing doesn’t cost as much (our boiler is quite old so we probably should do something about it)
My boilers on its last legs so had a bit research on HP etc. Would love to fully electricify and get rid of the gas. Basically i need to spend thousands upgrading my insulation etc 1st before i could even think of spending the fortune needed on the HP itself. I don’t see how its doable without solar panels and a battery tbh.
In the end its worked out cheaper to install a wood stove in the front room as a stop gap as I get the money together to upgrade everything needed. Which tbh might never happen now all my cash has been drained away to nothing on energy bills and cost of living. Plus mortgage interest rates.
So my glorious vision of a more economical and eco friendly home has seen me turn medieval instead due to crippling finances
Similar thing with my Mum and Dad tbh. They moved to the west country and though the house has heating it’s evidently been designed when it was built to be heated most efficiently by the wood burner, which probably used to be a normal fireplace. (It’s not some isolated cottage, it’s just on a street, just to clarify…)
Theres a radiator in the spare room when we stay for instance but it might as well not be there for all the heat it manages.
So I think they’d be in an identical situation to you, they’d have to do up the whole house before it would even be worth looking at. But since they get hot water and they don’t freeze in winter they just stick with what they’ve got because they don’t really want to pay messing around with the house.
Yeah so many people are guna be in the same boat. No chance of getting mine up to standard now without some heavy grants. Its a 1950’s ex council house an designed to be heated by a central fire
Same with me. Bought home (20 years old, not a new build). Hot water tank needed replacing + energy company we’re doing grants. When I enquired, they replied my house was not suitable due to pipes being too small.
I wonder in the number of enquiries in to heat pumps between the two countries is just as wide, or if they’re a bit more similar?