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I watched a few of their videos as well. Great stuff. Key take away is that there are a lot of installers that have no clue what they are doing. Which results i
by jillesvangurp 3y ago
I watched a few of their videos as well. Great stuff. Key take away is that there are a lot of installers that have no clue what they are doing. Which results in poorly performing systems. The issue is not the technology but the lack of training and experience.
Another good point is that even an old house with poor insulation can benefit from heat pumps. It just depends on sizing things properly and dialing things in properly. The UK has a lot of old houses that are quite old. This doesn't have to be a show stopper. There are a lot of myths and half truths around this topic. Of course you'll need more kwh for heating if your insulation is bad. But you should still get the same energy coefficients. And you'll pay a fortune in gas as well to get the place warm. Whether that's worth it with or without investing in insulation, windows, new roofs, etc. depends on a lot of things.
Most of the nonsense about heat pumps not working at lower temperatures is easily refuted by the notion that much of Scandinavia runs on these things for decades. Most of the people having issues with heatpumps are simply buying the wrong stuff, or having it installed wrong, or both. People have proper arctic winters in Scandinavia. Also there's a reason lots of Scandinavians ended up in places like Montana: it feels like home to them but with better summers (it's much further south). If people can do heat pumps in northern Norway, Montana is a walk in the park.