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Really? Their catalogue suggests that it can connect to floor mount indoor units that replace radiators. That’s not quite the same thing. As I understand it,
by amluto 4y ago
Really? Their catalogue suggests that it can connect to floor mount indoor units that replace radiators. That’s not quite the same thing.
As I understand it, for two-pipe (hydronic) radiators, and air-to-water heat pump can operate them. Chiltrix makes one for residential use. Other vendors seem to mostly offer this feature for commercial use.
For single pipe steam radiators, you need steam. I’ve never seen one of these systems that worked well, but if someone doesn’t want to replace it outright, any heat pump option will need very high output temperature.
- jabl 4y agoIIRC there are heat pumps that provide up to 180C steam, but that's for industrial usage, I haven't seen anything like that for residential usage.
- hwillis 4y agoSo you'd buy a heat pump, but you don't want to buy the radiators for the heat pump? Why? If you like the look of steam radiators (and all of the burn/leak hazards that come with that), just keep the radiators and lose the steam. The difficulty in replacing things like steam radiators is that installing ducts in an existing house is too expensive and difficult. Multi-zone heat pumps let you avoid that.
- Spooky23 4y agoThey are more limited right now although newer models have emerged in the last 3 years. The split systems are a viable solution, but are aesthetically pretty awful. The point is that these types of retrofits are expensive and the tech is new. Now, we should be pushing lots of carrots to encourage installation. Take out the sticks later as the gas infrastructure starts to become obsolete. To me the mandate is the problem. In my case, I’ll gladly buy as soon as it’s viable for me. But I have the means to think that way.
- amluto 4y agoOne might be very willing to replace a boiler in the basement but much less willing to install new pipes in the walls.