Comment on How to cut your energy bills by 30 per cent with a heat pump
silence7@slrpnk.net 2 weeks agoThe big reason somebody might want air to water is that it enables a low-cost retrofit of an existing heating system which uses water to distribute heat. Definitely not what I’d choose if designing from scratch, but I can see how it makes financial sense in a lot of homes.
And yes, induction is amazing, but there are a whole bunch of people who have been marketed into treating gas stoves as their personal identity.
Wanderer@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
I think most of those retrofits aren’t cheap because the pipes and radiators aren’t big enough for the colder water. So it ends up needing a whole now install anyway.
silence7@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
I can see how that could happen for some homes. Worth doing the calculation though, since it can be cheaper if the pipes are adequate.
Wanderer@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
It’s probably always cheaper. The government is pushing for air to water. There are no subsidies for air to air which I think is a better way to heat a home.