#ClimateDiary We are in intense #Heatpump vs new boiler discussions in our household at the moment, and it is quite something how geopolitics and radiators (and other practicalities like: will the humming be loud?) all swirl through my head at once.
(Our house is old, terraced and high ceilings - it looks like it’s not impossible but challenging. Costs come into it too, of course. Also worried on this front: might geopolitics mean i will not earn any money next few years?)
@pvonhellermannn do you know about https://www.visitaheatpump.com/
We got a heat pump at the end of last summer
Mostly it is quieter than our old gas boiler which had a tendency to vibrate a bit
It sits right by our lounge window, below our bedroom window.
You can hear it if the TV is off and people are being quiet.
During the very cold snap (below freezing) when it was coming on at 4am for cheap rate - it did occasionally wake me up for a minute.
2 new radiators - the rest are from 1980.
@sean @pvonhellermannn One rad upgrade. Heat pump external unit can only be heard if standing right next to it or listening very carefully with a window open and everything else outside is quiet. Lack of rad pipes clanking is the biggest noise reduction over the gas combi!
@pvonhellermannn @sean Including bonus live updates towards the end of the page today while the system is getting #annual #maintenace...
Living on the edge!
Pauline von Hellermann
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