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2020-05-03 16:29:32
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Unfortunately, I have to correct a few things.
1) Refrigerator, I like the comparison. Those things also tend to break down a lot and make noise. Besides, they consume a lot of electricity.
2) With gas, I don’t need a wood stove. It also has nothing to do with the floor heating. I can gladly run it with higher flow temperatures. It makes a huge difference whether it is 26 degrees or 31 degrees.
3) Even a heat pump should receive annual maintenance, which often costs around 250 euros. Whether you do it yourself is another story, but that’s the manufacturer’s recommendation, which sometimes must be followed for the warranty (depending on the manufacturer).
4) The investment in a heat pump is higher than for a gas heating system, despite the collector obligation. Unless you install a Geisha yourself, but that is probably rare among home builders.
I must vehemently disagree with the last paragraph. The forums are full of this. The heating technicians switch on the system and that’s it. No regulation of the heating curve, etc., takes place. Hydraulic balancing is usually done, but without the rest it brings little.
The result is electricity consumption as you find in masses on the internet. I adjusted my heat pump myself and thus reduced electricity consumption by 50%. But not everyone can do that or has the patience. With gas, that’s not necessary.
Our air-to-water heat pump now runs very well, I can’t complain. Relatively quiet, reasonably economical and trouble-free. Still, with gas I would have saved a lot and saved a lot of money. Unfortunately there is no connection here, and liquid gas was never an option because of the tank.
Heat pumps were popular in the 80s, now they are again. And I firmly believe that they will soon disappear from the market again. Because they are neither ecologically nor economically sustainable.
1) Refrigerator, I like the comparison. Those things also tend to break down a lot and make noise. Besides, they consume a lot of electricity.
2) With gas, I don’t need a wood stove. It also has nothing to do with the floor heating. I can gladly run it with higher flow temperatures. It makes a huge difference whether it is 26 degrees or 31 degrees.
3) Even a heat pump should receive annual maintenance, which often costs around 250 euros. Whether you do it yourself is another story, but that’s the manufacturer’s recommendation, which sometimes must be followed for the warranty (depending on the manufacturer).
4) The investment in a heat pump is higher than for a gas heating system, despite the collector obligation. Unless you install a Geisha yourself, but that is probably rare among home builders.
I must vehemently disagree with the last paragraph. The forums are full of this. The heating technicians switch on the system and that’s it. No regulation of the heating curve, etc., takes place. Hydraulic balancing is usually done, but without the rest it brings little.
The result is electricity consumption as you find in masses on the internet. I adjusted my heat pump myself and thus reduced electricity consumption by 50%. But not everyone can do that or has the patience. With gas, that’s not necessary.
Our air-to-water heat pump now runs very well, I can’t complain. Relatively quiet, reasonably economical and trouble-free. Still, with gas I would have saved a lot and saved a lot of money. Unfortunately there is no connection here, and liquid gas was never an option because of the tank.
Heat pumps were popular in the 80s, now they are again. And I firmly believe that they will soon disappear from the market again. Because they are neither ecologically nor economically sustainable.