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I'm not sure many UK homes have the appropriate "skeleton" for cold-air ducting – you can use a heat-pump to cool things down, but getting the cool air to the r
by manarth 4mo ago
I'm not sure many UK homes have the appropriate "skeleton" for cold-air ducting – you can use a heat-pump to cool things down, but getting the cool air to the rooms it needs to be in is likely to be a very expensive refit.
Would piping cold water to a wall-mounted radiator help? I'm not sure it would take much heat out of the room, but I suppose it's possible
- sscaryterry 4mo agoThe existing radiators wouldn't be sufficient. I was more thinking around new homes. There is no point in building them with heating only.
- manarth 4mo agoAh, totally agree. Retro-fitting is expensive and disruptive, and new homes should be built for the environment we have coming (not just bidirectional heat-pumps, but also solar, passive cooling, better insulation, etc). It'd probably need legislation though, as house-builders aren't known to spend money on thoughtfully future-proofing homes.