The Ultimate Guide to Heat Pumps is less than a month away from shipping!

Over 35 experts.

More than 7,500 heat pumps installed or commissioned between them.

A combined 585+ years of renewable heating experience.

That’s the calibre of knowledge packed into this 200-page book.

Our experts don’t just know heat pumps, they’ve pretty much mastered them. They’ve rescued botched installs, cracked heating mysteries, fine-tuned systems and coaxed radiators back to life.

Some chapters feel like a fireside chat, others go deep into the nuts and bolts, but every one shares a single mission: to give homeowners clarity, confidence and systems that actually work.

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@editor How do I recover a draft post that I was writing and saved? I was reviewing the book.

Thanks,

Mike

@mike-patrick that's very kind of you (I hope 😀) and sorry to hear you've lost your draft.

If you saved the draft or there was an autosave, just look below box where you type, and you'll see revisions. They should be there. Please see image below.

Mike just reminded me, we got a great review from @steve81uk on LinkedIn last night.

@mike-patrick and if it's not much trouble can also please post the review on the book page: https://renewableheatinghub.co.uk/the-ultimate-guide-to-heat-pumps-a-comprehensive-resource-for-homeowners/

@editor 

I've just read this book (sorry not ordered via Amazon but I don't have an account). It is very interesting and full of useful pointers for anyone thinking of commissioning a heat pump and looking to educate themselves about the pitfalls. I had two main takeaways:

i) Even with the extra knowledge, remember that experts still differ in their opinions. One contributor recommended not having multple heating zones, possibly only two. I have multiple heating zones (1 in each room) and believe that I got extra points for this when the EPC assessor visited recently.

ii) I agree that consumers need to educate themselves so that they can ask important questions of their heat pump installers. That this book needed to be written is testament to the lack of sufficient technical knowledge in the industry. Consumers are having to educate themselves to make up for the lack of industry expertise. If I wrote down all the pointers in the book I would have quite a long list of questions to ask. This is indicative of the lack of assurance you can have that an installer knows what they are talking about. Thankfully we don't have to do this with a wide range of complex consumer products. This book and the number of users on the RHH indicate how much the industrty has to do to make heat pumps true consumer products. There are about 37K posts here about heat pumps compared with 17K in total for all other topics. The people posting these are not doing it to swap stories about what fun they had last week with their heat pump compared with that old gas boiler they scrapped recently! 

Keep up the good work.

Mike

@mike-patrick, thank you very much for taking the time to read the book and to leave such a thoughtful review. And no need to apologise at all about Amazon... buying it directly from us is equally appreciated!

You’ve picked up on two really important themes, and you’re absolutely right to highlight them.

On differing expert opinions: that was a deliberate choice. Heat pumps aren’t a single, solved problem, especially in the UK housing stock. Zoning is a great example... it can work well in some homes when it’s limited, designed and commissioned properly, and it can also introduce real problems in others. The aim wasn’t to dictate one 'correct' answer, but to show homeowners where the trade-offs sit so they can have an informed conversation rather than blindly accepting a design.

Your second point goes right to the heart of why the book exists. Homeowners shouldn’t have to educate themselves to this level, but right now, many do. The fact that so many people end up on the RHHn forums, asking detailed technical questions, isn’t because heat pumps are inherently bad or complicated, it’s because consistency, competence, assurance and accountability in the industry still lag behind. As you say, the goal is for heat pumps to become true consumer products. We’re not there yet.

If the book helps people ask better questions (even if that list feels long) then it’s doing its job.

Thanks again for the support, and for articulating the wider issue so clearly.