Re:Air-conditioners do great good, but at a high environment...
by jabl on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @03:19AM
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In northern Europe where ground source heat pumps are increasingly popular, houses built with those typically heat via coils installed in the floors. As you say, with only lukewarm water radiators by the windows (the traditional solution for oil/wood/etc. heating) aren't enough.
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Re:Air-conditioners do great good, but at a high environment...
by gandalfian on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @12:06PM
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Again it sounds great but I know people whose underfloor coils started to leak at which point the system is written off... Retrofitting anything to an existing solid floor is a nightmare as well.
Sorry to be so negative. But that`s why so few of us have heat pumps... Its a shame, the air to air ones sound great on paper, much better than a £600 storage heater but I just can`t bring myself to trust them.