Comment on €45,000 for a heat pump installation in Germany -- really?
perestroika@slrpnk.net 11 months ago
Why does the title link point to a BBC story about South Africa? :)
To answer the question - I don’t know.
For comparison: installing an air-to-air heat pump for a tiny house in Estonia:
- heat pump unit (smallest unit, maybe 3 KW heat output for 1 KW electrical input), bought at the deepest discount: 450 €
- physical installation (mounting on a rack on a wall) - DIY, 0 €
- electrical installation (running a cable to the outer unit and back to the inner from there) - DIY, 0 €
- sealing and letting the working fluid into pipes - technician’s visit, 100 €
I would imagine that an air-to-water unit costs more (the cheapest are probably over 1000 €, unless you use a pool heat pump which can be crappy), that an average German family lives in a far bigger house (so maybe 3 x more wattage), and that they need 3 installation technicians for several hours (maybe 1500 €).
Beyond that - profit?
SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 11 months ago
Tiny house = very tiny and probably new and well insulated.
Estonia also likely has very low labour costs and less difficulty finding staff.
Hydronic systems are usually in the >15kW range, and often have split indoor and outdoor units so you need to both do the refrigerant piping between indoor and outdoor, and the water piping to the radiators. Many systems also include domestic hot water heating as part of the same system, so three separate sets of plumbing.
In most of the first world, purging linesets, vacuuming, and releasing refrigerant is usually ~$500.