Energy costs (again)

[Pondy]

That must be a hard job installing something that you think is rubbish.
How do you sleep at night

I don't install ASHPs, I install air to air heat pumps (air conditioning). They are the same thing only one uses air and the other uses water as a medium.

The physics is very different with air and water; that's why one works and the other just doesn't.

 

[Nanu]

I bow to your obviously superior knowledge on ASHP's.
I was only repeating what a heating engineer told me. It would appear he was of the same view that they are useless and was discouraging me from even considering one. (Which I wasn't).

The noise aspect would put me off anyway. We spend as much time as possible in our garden and I must say, I prefer quiet or birdsong to any background noise from a ASHP.

Fortunately, I am again told that my current gas boiler can easily be converted to hydrogen cheaply. Hopefully when the time comes, that will be an alternative. Either that or I will have kicked off these mortal coils and it won't matter anyway.

 

[MikeyH]

Our heating engineer said the same, avoid. Don’t produce enough heat and are noisy and expensive to install.

 

[Argyll Andy]

Oh, never got the £400 for elec nor the £100 for oil. Still not sorted out by Scottish Power.

The oil payment has now increased to £200 since the budget, no news on when or how payment will be made though.
Rob

Rob, mine dropped into my bank account this morning and I’ve just had an email from my energy provider saying I will receive it.

No previous correspondence, claim or communication just the payment today

Just going to call oil supplier and see ppl and if ok order £200 worth