Domestic Heat Pumps

SDH Building Services supplies and installs domestic heat pumps as an alternative to conventional heating systems or home heating. 

Householders can make real cost savings on their annual utility bills using a domestic heat pump rather than a traditional gas boiler or oil-fired boiler for their home heating.  

Heat pumps are already popular in Denmark, Sweden and France, and are expected to become popular in the UK in the near future due to the benefits that they offer householders. 

Why use a heat pump?

Benefits of using a heat pump for your home heating include: 

• Reduced energy consumption and therefore lower bills for consumers

• Reduced carbon dioxide emissions and smaller carbon dioxide footprint

• Less reliance in short to medium-term on vagrancies of gas suppliers

• Unparalleled indoor heating comfort

• Government grants of up to £850 available 

• Finance option available - please ask for details 

• 3-5 year pay back

• Low running costs

• Works with radiators and underfloor heating

• Option to provide air conditioning in the summer

• Provides all your heating and hot water needs throughout the year

• Low noise and unobtrusive

• No ground work or boreholes needed for outdoor units

• Works down to minus 20 degrees Celsius

• Equipment comes with warranty

• Life expectancy of pump around 20 years

• No combustion or explosive gases in the dwelling as with oil-fired or gas boilers

Although based in Bolton, near Manchester, in Lancashire, SDH works across the North West of England as heat pump installers. 

For a free home survey and no obligation fixed price quotation, please call us now on 01204 305 053.

How do heat pumps work?

Heat pumps extract heat energy from the outside air even on the coldest days of winter and power radiators or hot water. 

Heat pumps are capable of meeting exacting industrial heating and cooling
requirements as well as of providing comfortable and efficient indoor heating for all housing types.

For a free home survey and no obligation fixed price quotation, please call us now on 01204 305 053.

Daikin heat pumps

We use Daikin heat pumps. Daikin are global leaders in heat pumps for heating and cooling.

Daikin provides a comprehensive choice of domestic heating and renewable energy products which are ideally suited to the UK housing market.

Daikin heat pumps are suitable for new builds, renovation projects and retrofit installations - from detached homes to harder-to-heat older semi-detached and terraced properties to city centre apartments and even council houses, social housing or affordable housing. 

Here is a typical heat pump system - low temperature split system:

The outdoor unit in the above graphic is connected to the water and power supplies. 

There is no need for any groundwork or boleholes in order to install a domestic heat pump, air source heat pump or ground source heat pump.  

For a free home survey and no obligation fixed price quotation, please call us now on 01204 305 053.

Below is a graphic showing two options on how the outdoor unit can connect with your hot water cyclinder, radiators, and shower.  

Main types of heat pumps

There are three main types of heat pumps known as ground source heat pumps, air source heat pumps or water source heat pumps. All three can be used to heat your home or hot water. 

All three use a special fluid that constantly evaporates and condenses in a closed circuit which is controlled by valves and a compressor. 

Heat is removed from the air or from water or soil using a heat collection loop and delivered to the heating and hot water systems of the house. 

What are air source heat pumps?

 Air source heat pumps, as the name suggests, use air as the source of energy.

They extract heat from outside air. 

Air source heat pumps can be fitted outside a house or in the roof space and generally perform better at slightly warmer air temperatures. 

What are ground source heat pumps?

Ground source heat pumps, again as the name suggests, extract heat from the ground using plastic pipes that are buried into the ground in a borehole or horizontal trench. 

The pipe is filled with a mixture of water and antifreeze which absorbs heat from the ground. 

Ground source heat pumps require either horizontal trenches dug to a depth of 1-2 metres or borholes to a depth of 80 to 100 metres. Trenches need more land than boreholes but cost less. We can use coiled piping, known as slinky, to reduce the land needed for trenches. 

Ground source heat pump installations are generally unobtrusive and the pump is very quiet in operation. 

What are water source heat pumps?

Water source heat pumps use a well, pond or even lake. 

They allow heat to be added or rejected from a loop using a boiler and cooling tower. 

They are more common in commercial buildings such as office buildings, hotels, health care facilities, banks, schools, and apartments. 

Generally, most domestic properties are suited to air source heat pumps which negate the need for any boreholes or trenches or water sources.

Although SDH Building Services Limited recommends air source heat pumps we can provide and install ground source heat pumps or water source heat pumps depending on the requirements and preferences of the customer.

Heat pumps can be used in conjunction with a solar hot water system to provide hot water. However, sometimes additional top-up heating may be required, for example an immersion heater to heat the water to the required temperature, particularly in winter. 

For a free home survey and no obligation fixed price quotation, please call us now on 01204 305 053.

Read more about domestic heat pumps at our blog.

Next step?

For further information about how an air source heat pump or ground source heat pump could help you save money on your utility bills, or to book a free home survey, please call us - Bolton heat pump installers SDH Building Services - now on 01204 305 053 or click here.

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