It was a freezing Friday evening early in February 2023, when my boiler broke. An engineer was called, several cold days passed, and his declaration came in sombre tones: ‘uneconomic to repair’. Li…
It was a freezing Friday evening early in February 2023, when my boiler broke. An engineer was called, several cold days passed, and his declaration came in sombre tones: ‘uneconomic to repair’. Li…
You can leave the pipes there. They’re not doing much. Radiators aren’t much threat either, unless you trip into one.
Not really. Since the radiators operate at a substantially lower temperature, you may well have to replace them - you need larger, more efficient radiators than may be typical with gas-fired systems
Oh, using the same system, instead of switching to forced air.
… why does efficiency matter if the heat stays in the house? They’re just always-warm instead of sometimes-hot, yeah?
We don’t tend to use air/air heat pump systems in the UK, even for new builds, always air/water.
Because of lower water temperature output of heat pumps compared to the gas boilers they replace, usually you need to increase the size of radiators to be able to achieve a room temperature change in a reasonable time. What is being referred to as efficiently, is actually just a measure of performance of the radiator, not actual energy efficiency.