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Nothing has changed. It’s always been like this; the Telegraph/Daily Mail/gas lobby groups have just been working hard to poison the public discourse about heat pumps by seeding bullshit about them ‘not working in old houses’.
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‘not working in old houses
I think I've mentioned on here before how information on how this works in reality is incredibly sparse though.
When I was hunting around before I couldn't find one decent website on fitting a heat pump into a poorly insulated property with small radiators so it's easy to assume it doesn't work.
When you look at the stuff to compare running costs they always have the heat pump running at maximum efficiency too, I couldn't find anything on costs when they're running at 60 degrees.
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See this is the myth “not working in old houses” but you’ve not really answered my question.
I know 2 people with badly designed systems that are constantly moaning about bills with a HP.
As you know I’m a gas engineer but tbh I’ll fit anything if it works and I know they work but to get it done right it costs money and they money vs the cost of an equivalent gas boiler is huge.
It’s really like comparing apples and pears let’s face it.
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Saying that I haven't been following HP upgrades recently, but now you can slap a HP into any old property and it's cheaper to run than a gas boiler? Is this a new gas boiler or an old boiler.
How have things changed where you down need to super insulate your house now before putting in one?
What was the cost on install and outlay to get this saving on bills?