Did anyone see the BBC programme on heat pumps?

Did anyone see the BBC programme on heat pumps?

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9:28 AM, 2nd August 2023, 3 years ago 34
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Hello, I just watched the installation of a heat pump costing around £18,000. It was supposed to show that it was possible to retrofit a property, but the property was a bungalow with a large garage.

Apart from the massive external heat pump, there was an enormous cylinder needed and all the radiators needed changing.

The pipework needed both internal and external work and looked like something from a chemical plant and really spoiled the property.

The government MP Graham Stuart thought 90% of properties would be able to have a heat pump fitted. Who is he kidding, many properties including all of my rentals are semi-detached 2/3 bed properties.

Where would I put the tank or even the external heat pump? The government is living a pipe dream (pun intended).

Thanks,

Derek

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  • Reluctant Landlord Reluctant Landlord

    Member Since September 2018 - Comments: 3538 - Articles: 5

    4:22 PM, 31st January 2025, About 1 year ago

    Not installed one at No10 or No 11 yet. Wonder why?

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  • Beaver Beaver Read Full Bio

    Member Since May 2018 - Comments: 2025

    4:55 PM, 31st January 2025, About 1 year ago

    Reply to the comment left by Reluctant Landlord at 31/01/2025 – 16:22
    Really?

    If that’s so then I’m guessing the staff at no. 10 and no. 11 don’t like being cold, but it may just be that they’ve recently redecorated and don’t fancy the disruption that installing an effective system would cause during the period of their (probably brief) tenancy.

    They probably can’t install an air-source heat pump because they are almost certainly in a conservation area even if they don’t find the noise annoying.

    And just like me they may also have no idea of what the long-term performance of ground source heat pumps is or whether they actually represent value for the taxpayer. Of course, they could always get a wealthy donor to gift them the money…there seem to have been plenty of those hovering around…but given that they are unlikely to benefit personally from an air or ground source heat pump at no. 10 or no. 11 I doubt that this will have been ‘front of mind’ for them.

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  • NewYorkie NewYorkie Read Full Bio

    Member Since October 2013 - Comments: 1642 - Articles: 3

    6:24 PM, 31st January 2025, About 1 year ago

    Reply to the comment left by Beaver at 31/01/2025 – 16:55
    Does Miliband have one?

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  • The_Maluka The_Maluka Read Full Bio

    Member Since May 2015 - Comments: 2204 - Articles: 2

    6:49 PM, 31st January 2025, About 1 year ago

    Reply to the comment left by NewYorkie at 31/01/2025 – 18:24
    Yes, but very small.

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