Two years ago I moved to a house with only a fireplace for heating. I spent the first winter taking care of the fire, which is nice at the beginning but a real

Two years ago I moved to a house with only a fireplace for heating. I spent the first winter taking care of the fire, which is nice at the beginning but a real chore after a while. Before this winter I installed a air to air heat pump. The first thing I learned is that everyone calls that differently, to the point that talking with companies to get one installed was difficult: "-Hello, I'd like a heat pump please. -Sorry, we only do AC.". The name people give to this device really depends on the area. I went with a single console unit, basically a 1x1m square that hangs inside on a wall close to the floor like a radiator. The installation took a day and costs about 2000€. On the coldest days of the year when the temperature stays around -15°C, the unit uses about 25kWh of energy for a day to heat the whole house at 19°C. About 15kWh on days when the temperature stays around -5°C. Before next winter I'm planing on having someone check if there are quick wins regarding insulation, I suspect that some of my windows are pretty terrible.