What to consider before installing a heat pump in your home

Exploring the warming realities of your first winter with a heat pump with tips to optimise on your investment

The background heat of a quality, perfectly commissioned heat pump, warming the air over long periods and married to UFH and mechanical ventilation will provide a fresh, comfortable environment year round. Picture: iStock

WE’VE touched on the technical wonder, cost and considerable prerequisites demanded of heat pumps many times in the last four to five years in these pages. Sipping air, gathering heat from the earth, or fed by the latent warmth of a rural stream, they promise low running costs with startling 200%–400% efficiencies, and zero carbon emissions at point of use. Only natural gas can touch the economy and environmental performance of heat pumps as home heating.

We are still way behind the curve, compared to say Germany, Sweden, Estonia, Finland and Norway.