The wonderful Saxon church in Wareham had a sign outside about the installation of heat pumps. I was enthusiastic about heat pumps after reading David Mackay's book over a decade ago at the start of this blog. Some of the practical problems are now coming to the surface. There was a great BBC article this week that points out the cost of retro-fitting installation and who will pay for that. Also that if you already have radiators, they will have to be replaced with bigger ones. When the Ukraine war started and the fossil fuel prices jumped, we thought heat pump owners would have low bills. The trouble is that electricity is needed to run the pumps and the electricity prices jumped with the fossil fuel prices.
