Re: Re: OT: Anybody got a heat pump

[Richard Malcolm-Smith <rich@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> 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?

I dont know about there, but here in NZ the big benifits of heatpumps comes
in
summer where they cool and dehumidify the air..


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