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Heat pumps and underfloor heating: perfect partners?

Posted by John Barker-Brown on 1st November 2010 at 11:01 am

Heat pumps and underfloor heating: perfect partners?

Underfloor heating is often portrayed as the perfect partner for heat pumps. With its large heat emitting area and low input temperature requirements it seems to provide the ideal choice to offer the maximum efficiency from the heat pump. However, is that always the case? With any underfl…

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Can you use radiators with an air source heat pump?

Posted by John W Lightfoot on 24th January 2011 at 9:47 am

Can you use radiators with an air source heat pump?

The simple answer to the question can you use radiators with an air source heat pump is yes! Radiators need to be sized for the flow temperatures your heat pump will be set to. The lower this set point, the more efficient your heat pump will be, and therefore the cheaper to run. The disad…

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