Can you heat any property with an air source heat pump?
Graham Hendra offers his insights into whether an air source heat pump can be used to heat any type of property in the UK. There are solutions where heat pumps...
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Smart controllers for your central heating system
by Mars
Rob Whitney from Resideo gives us a rundown on smart home controllers (TRVs and thermostats) and how they can make a heat pump central heating system run more efficiently. He...
Flow rates, efficiency and COP
by Mars
We’ve had our heat pump from Global Energy Systems for over two years and we’re heading into our third winter. Over this period of time, we’ve made several tweaks to...
Advancements and heat pump developments
by Mars
We recently had the opportunity to interview the team at Vaillant and they share their thoughts about the air source heat pump market in the UK....
Bruised coil on the heat pump. Does it matter?
Coils on air source heat pumps are delicate things. They are made from Coca-Cola can thin sheets of aluminium with copper tubes running through them. I have been lucky enough...
A successful DIY air source heat pump
by Jon-C
We bought our house in Suffolk in 2007, which started life as a chicken farm, so the main attraction for me was a shed bigger than the house to keep...
What does the future have in store for heat pumps?
by Mars
In part two of our interview with Bob Beattie we find out what the future has in store for air source heat pumps and what the most common misconceptions are...
Mitsubishi Ecodan 14kW ASHP
by George
In August 2019, we began work on a large extension to the side of our house in Bedfordshire taking the size to roughly 4,200sqft. At the time we had an...
How to control an air source heat pump
by Mars
When switching from an oil or gas boiler to an air source heat pump (ASHP), in some retrofit projects you may need to introduce some additional devices to get more...
Grant Aerona 3 ASHP
by SueF
Just over three months ago, we moved from sunny West Sussex to a new build, 4 bed, 3 bath detached house, of brick/slate construction in the Welsh borders. The property is...