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Re: Re: OT: Anybody got a heat pump
----- Original Message -----
From: "mark_harrison_uk2" <mph@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 12:09 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] Re: OT: Anybody got a heat pump
>
>
> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Mal Lansell" <mlansell@f...>
wrote:
> >
> > The downside being that electricity is roughly three times
> > as expensive as gas.
>
> Not where I'm looking to build it isn't :-( Gas is MORE expensive than
> electricity!
Are you sure? Gas is often more expensive per unit, but not per kW.
>
> > I'd steer clear of heat-pumps for space heating until they become
more
> > efficient.
>
> Yup - if you can get mains natural gas for "mainstream
prices" then
> gas is the was to go.
>
> This is the downside of attempting to self-build in the middle of
> what's basically a wilderness. But, heh, everything's with lawyers and
> bueracrats at the moment, anyway, not with builders... and as Mark
> McCall will tell you, it may therefore be some YEARS before the first
> turf gets cut.
>
Ah, so you're not on the mains. How about oil fired heating?
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