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Has anyone had a heat pump installed? If so, are they worth installing, what’s the performance like heat wise compared to a gas combi boiler, how much money have you saved since having an heat pump installed?

I’m thinking of getting an heat pump installed. (as well as solar panels)

You can claim up to £7,500 towards cost and installation from the Givernment.

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Boiler Upgrade Scheme

The Boiler Upgrade Scheme encourages people to install low carbon heating systems such as heat pumps. Here's what you need to know.
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Octopus Energy have quoted me for a heat pump installation.

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Heat pumps

Heat pumps supply energy-efficient, low carbon heating and are suitable in most UK homes. Here’s what you need to know.
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jrb said:
Has anyone had a heat pump installed? If so, are they worth installing, what’s the performance like heat wise compared to a gas combi boiler, how much money have you saved since having an heat pump installed?

I’m thinking of getting an heat pump installed. (as well as solar panels)

You can claim up to £7,500 towards cost and installation from the Givernment.

energysavingtrust.org.uk

Boiler Upgrade Scheme

The Boiler Upgrade Scheme encourages people to install low carbon heating systems such as heat pumps. Here's what you need to know.
energysavingtrust.org.uk energysavingtrust.org.uk

Octopus Energy have quoted me for a heat pump installation.

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energysavingtrust.org.uk

Heat pumps

Heat pumps supply energy-efficient, low carbon heating and are suitable in most UK homes. Here’s what you need to know.
energysavingtrust.org.uk energysavingtrust.org.uk

Thanks.
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Dont do it unless your house is really well insulated and you already have oversized new radiators or wet underfloor heating. There are some new generation ones coming along soon that use a different refrigerant which will significantly improve the thermal output.At present the current generation have much lower flow temperatures than combi boilers, typically 40-45 deg C vs 50-70 deg C respectively.

Solar is a bit of a easier sell but only if you plan to stay in the house for more than the payback period. The feed in tariffs are rubbish now so you would be better spending the heat pump money on battery storage and as much generation as you can have based upon the direction of your roof and what the local DNO (electricity company) will allow you to connect.
 
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jrb said:
Has anyone had a heat pump installed? If so, are they worth installing, what’s the performance like heat wise compared to a gas combi boiler, how much money have you saved since having an heat pump installed?

I’m thinking of getting an heat pump installed. (as well as solar panels)

You can claim up to £7,500 towards cost and installation from the Givernment.

energysavingtrust.org.uk

Boiler Upgrade Scheme

The Boiler Upgrade Scheme encourages people to install low carbon heating systems such as heat pumps. Here's what you need to know.
energysavingtrust.org.uk energysavingtrust.org.uk

Octopus Energy have quoted me for a heat pump installation.

View attachment 103351

energysavingtrust.org.uk

Heat pumps

Heat pumps supply energy-efficient, low carbon heating and are suitable in most UK homes. Here’s what you need to know.
energysavingtrust.org.uk energysavingtrust.org.uk

Thanks.
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Combined with solar panels and a well insulated house they are meant to be really good. For me in a solid brick house it is a waste of money.
 
jrb said:
Has anyone had a heat pump installed? If so, are they worth installing, what’s the performance like heat wise compared to a gas combi boiler, how much money have you saved since having an heat pump installed?

I’m thinking of getting an heat pump installed. (as well as solar panels)

You can claim up to £7,500 towards cost and installation from the Givernment.

energysavingtrust.org.uk

Boiler Upgrade Scheme

The Boiler Upgrade Scheme encourages people to install low carbon heating systems such as heat pumps. Here's what you need to know.
energysavingtrust.org.uk energysavingtrust.org.uk

Octopus Energy have quoted me for a heat pump installation.

View attachment 103351

energysavingtrust.org.uk

Heat pumps

Heat pumps supply energy-efficient, low carbon heating and are suitable in most UK homes. Here’s what you need to know.
energysavingtrust.org.uk energysavingtrust.org.uk

Thanks.
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Don’t think he’s really active on here anymore, but @salfordpaul is your man. He’s on Twitter as @joypaincity.
 
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If your house isn’t well insulated and you don’t have big radiators or underfloor heating your house won’t get warm with a heat pump alone and to compensate you’ll be heating hot water using electric to get the house to temp, so your electric bill will shoot up.
 
Our neighbour got one last summer. He was full of it, going on about saving money and the world.
He doesn't say anything about it at all now... His Mrs hasn't been very happy with it, says it's noisy, near useless in this country, and even with solar panels galore is definitely not cost-efficient.
He only got it because of the £5k grant, but it cost him a lot on top of that, and has apparently seen no significant change in electricity bills.

It's just another government con.
 
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Our neighbour got one last summer. He was full of it, going on about saving money and the world.
He doesn't say anything about it at all now... His Mrs hasn't been very happy with it, says it's noisy, near useless in this country, and even with solar panels galore is definitely not cost-efficient.
He only got it because of the £5k grant, but it cost him a lot on top of that, and has apparently seen no significant change in electricity bills.

It's just another government con.
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Only This.
 
Built a house for my mate few years ago and he installed a heat pump which he said is working well but we insulated it to fuck if it’s not well insulated don’t bother it’s virtually useless
 
I was in the same thoughts a few months back. Got a similar quote from octopus as yourself.

I did a lot of research on various forums, Facebook groups etc and the general thoughts were it’s not for me. Running costs seemed much higher than gas, and installation was a lot more intrusive lasting several days, replacing radiators, pipes etc compared to a few hours for a gas boiler.

Ended up getting a new gas boiler for £1700 fitted with 10 year warranty. Will look into heat pumps next time when they have been around longer and probably improved.
 
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Lavinda Past said:
Our neighbour got one last summer. He was full of it, going on about saving money and the world.
He doesn't say anything about it at all now... His Mrs hasn't been very happy with it, says it's noisy, near useless in this country, and even with solar panels galore is definitely not cost-efficient.
He only got it because of the £5k grant, but it cost him a lot on top of that, and has apparently seen no significant change in electricity bills.

It's just another government con.
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It is definitely not a government con.

But putting one into houses that it isn't right for doesn't work out.
 
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It is definitely not a government con.

But putting one into houses that it isn't right for doesn't work out.
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Spot on work ok and getting better in modern well insulated houses if you’re in a property built before 70s don’t bother as yet.
 
My mate has just moved into a brand new house. Fully insulated, built to every modern standard going. Has a heat pump. His missus was complaining that the hot water isn’t hot enough to wash the dishes. Has to boil the kettle every time. He’s now having one of those fancy qooker taps installed. Costing him over a grand.
 
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Built a house for my mate few years ago and he installed a heat pump which he said is working well but we insulated it to fuck if it’s not well insulated don’t bother it’s virtually useless
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Its funny but the 70's estate I live on features loads of houses - semi's and detached - that feature dormers with a tile hung fronts. About 6 inches thick with minimal insulation so they are not very good summer or winter. The big fad ( ie some salesman had a great success ) last year was to have the tiles removed and the fronts fitted with some sort insulated cladding. I thought I'd get some feedback before spending £3k minimum on each dormer front.

Feedback? Still stifling in the heat and cold in winter. There has been no discernible savings on utility bills but I accept its hard to do that when prices have doubled and summer was mostly shite so lights were on even on longer nights as dark clouds rolled in and some nights it got cold enough for a few hours heating anyway.

For any of this to work we need a fundamental re-think on our housing stock. Of course there was some progress on this when loads of people spent their own money to train up to perform surveys on homes for the Warm Homes push - then the govt pulled the plug on that idea due to costs.
 
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