Is it suitable for our home?

Most modern properties are suitable for a heat pump installation. The property criteria will determine which type and model of heat pump is the best suited.

Green Choice Heating will visit your property to conduct a full survey to ensure your property will substantially benefit from a ground source or an air source heat pump and advise you accordingly.

But here are a few factors for you to consider:

Size of Property
The size of the property will determine the size of heat pump. The heat requirement per/m² for the property generally ranges from 50-150Wm². The type of heating system installed (underfloor heating or radiators) also determines the size of heat pump.

New or Retrofitting
If you are building a new property the best option would be underfloor heating with a ground source heat pump as these are the most efficient of all the heat pumps and the ground work can often be incorporated as part of the building works.

If you are retrofitting a property then an air to water source heat pump or an air to air source heat pump maybe more suitable as these can be incorporated into an existing heating system.

Size of Grounds
If your property has large grounds then a ground source heat pump with a horizontal collector is a good option. Ground source heat pumps are the most efficient of all the heat pumps and horizontal trenches are the cheapest way of installing them.

If your property has restricted grounds you could consider an air source heat pump.

Heating System
To optimize the best coefficient performance from your heat pump it is best to combine it will a heating system that requires low water temperatures. If the property has radiators we recommend they are upsized by 20-30%. Or the installation of Low Surface Temperature radiators (LST radiators).

However, heat pumps are best combined with underfloor heating. Underfloor heating only uses water at low temperatures and this will help optimise the heat pump coefficient of performance.