Ye olde SuperSer with the yellow cylinder. A life saver in an emergency power outage scenario. I bought one years ago and in the aftermath of one of the storms in the last few months I had to buy a cylinder of gas or freeze. €34 delivered to the door, (assuming you have an empty cylinder to exchange) no mess, no soot, no delay and it fits onto the hearth in the living room. Probably not a day-to-day solution, but for emergencies, I have yet to see it bettered.When this happens you buy ye ould gas cylinder heater, on wheels.
Look for your house type on this document, it will outline the options available and help in prioritisation. The estimates are well out of date at this point, but it's still a valuable guide.I'd appreciate any advice / opinions on the original post,
That document is brilliant thank you.Look for your house type on this document, it will outline the options available and help in prioritisation
Heat pump systems tend to run at lower temperatures, they run longer to achieve the same heating effect but they are less prone to creating convection drafts in a room. In a building with air-tightness and insulation issues, those convection flows can result in warm air flows that can feel a little stuffy.I don't understand the different 'type' of heat a gas boiler gives, surely it's the same as any boiler, the heat is coming from the radiators which the hot water is flowing through, how the water is heated surely makes no difference?
Don't confuse the heating system with the heating output (low temp vs high temp system). We also have an A-rated house with a heat pump. A good chunk of the comfort comes from the the house being properly insulated. But by far the biggest improvement in comfort has come from using weather compensation to control the system.Only briefly had one on my rental house and really don't like the feeling of them. Maybe it's just that I'm used to heat pump or naturally warm buildings but find the gas heat almost stuffy
I think it depends on your budget and priorities. If you plan to live in this property for the forseeable future and you don't want any future disruption internally, then getting all of that work done first before you redecorate is important. But the gas boiler/Heat pump decision could be left until later as long as the wet system inside the house modernised. But for grants it may still make sense to do it all together.I'm guessing the best order would be as listed above?
In your shoes, I would be looking at finding an independant energy consultant who can guide you on what to do but is not selling you the materials to do it. An OSS might be the right final solution for installation but don't ask them for advice because they are literally selling you everything.Would I be better going through OSS or do it individually?
We cannot give you concrete advice as we don't actually know what your potential bungalow looks like.I'd appreciate any advice / opinions on the original post, when I saw all the replies thought there'd be a wealth of information but unfortunately not
They work on the same concept as your fridge, just instead of extracting heat and shedding it through the condenser coils at the back of your fridge, a heat pump sends the heat into the house in an air to air system or uses it to heat water in an air to water system.- heat pumps, no idea, but cannot figure out from what I'vve read if they make sensew or not, and don't actually understand the concept
Ah I misread, thought it was saying a gas boiler was different to other heat rather than specifically a heat pump. I have never lived in a heat pump house so don't know what it feels like, I only know two people with it and you have to dress in layers if visiting. I always thought I was a cold sort of person but apparently not!Heat pump systems tend to run at lower temperatures, they run longer to achieve the same heating effect but they are less prone to creating convection drafts in a room. In a building with air-tightness and insulation issues, those convection flows can result in warm air flows that can feel a little stuffy.
Leo that is a perfect explanation for idiots like me! Thanks.They work on the same concept as your fridge, just instead of extracting heat and shedding it through the condenser coils at the back of your fridge, a heat pump sends the heat into the house in an air to air system or uses it to heat water in an air to water system.
Air to Air is basically air conditioning. It takes heat from the air outside and blows a stream of hot air into the house.What’s air to air to air v to water, the latter does heating and hot water? Therefore the former still require an immersion?
The problem was that there's an additional cost of 1k to isolate homes with solar from the grid to prevent safety issues if there is an external power cut. Its not built into the standard solar installation due to this cost and so many people who had solar were surprised to find it made no difference if there was a general power cut. A fireplace is basically a large ventilation shaft built into your home to extract smoke/fumes from burning fuel for heat. It causes HUGE heat loss - a home built without one is going to be warmer by default than one that has an unused chimney. The ultimate go to for superinsulation is the "passive house" standard which effectively insulates to the point where body heat of occupants heats the home as there is almost no heat loss. It might suggest that those homes were either customised to having a higher level of heat than strictly necessary, or that the level of insulation was not "super insulation".Personally I'd never forego a fireplace or stove in a house.
Both Daikin and Toshiba now do air to air systems that can control a water boiler as well as room units. If you look over on their websites you can see how they work. But if there is an existing "wet" system you are far better off going down the air to water route as that utilises the existing system. Air to air is best for homes where there is no existing wet system and the entire home would need that plumbing done first.Air to Air generally does not heat your hot water tank (although you can get fancy systems that do).
Can you break these down further. Don’t understand how you would have wildly different prices for double glazing for example.I'm getting madly different figures between €20k to €150k to get the bungalow wrapped, new windows and doors, and full attic insulation.