Heating new build

jamesf25

Starting new build house in spring. Block built with 250mm bonded bead pumped walls, same amount of spray foam to be used in dormer roof. Heating will be under floor up and down with hollow core. Am currently concidering vertical boars for heat pump. But cud I heat the house for less with wood chip boiler, I have a big garage that cud accom boiler and hopper to feed unit already have a design in kind for this but want other people advice and experiences house is 3100sqft.
Cheers

sheff the ref

Insulation Spec is number 1.

Then you will have to get like for like prices and compare them. Balance the electricity costs of heatpump against the woodchip costs, bearing in mind future increases and storage.

Condenser

The heat pump will be cheaper to run if installed correctly with more certainty of fuel supply also.
Another thing that people never consider when running a wood chip/pellet burner is the electrical cost of running the auger or vacuum system to feed the burner which can be significant. Add this to the cost of the burnt fuel and the running cost per year would be quite a bit higher.
Then you have the maintainence of cleaning out etc that you don't have with a heat pump.

agusta

Condenser wrote: »

The heat pump will be cheaper to run if installed correctly with more certainty of fuel supply also.
Another thing that people never consider when running a wood chip/pellet burner is the electrical cost of running the auger or vacuum system to feed the burner which can be significant. Add this to the cost of the burnt fuel and the running cost per year would be quite a bit higher.
Then you have the maintainence of cleaning out etc that you don't have with a heat pump.

Air to water systems could be worth considering,My brother has 3 houses built this year with this heating system

Condenser

agusta wrote: »

Air to water systems could be worth considering,My brother has 3 houses built this year with this heating system

Air to water should be the last choice when it comes to heatpumps. Groundsource are far more efficient and have longer lifespans. I'd only look at air source when you've exhausted the other options of have an small property like an apartment

agusta

Condenser wrote: »

Air to water should be the last choice when it comes to heatpumps. Groundsource are far more efficient and have longer lifespans. I'd only look at air source when you've exhausted the other options of have an small property like an apartment

a friend of mine has air to water,house 2,700 sq ft,full tank of hot water all the time,my brother has just built a house for a client 3,500 sq ft,air to water heating system with a heat recovery ventilation system,both very happy with the running costs,my sister has ground source,quite good but expensive toinstall