The Poultry Keeper

hoosier · Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 9:11 pm Post subject:

We have a heat pump and they are very efficient. Most new houses being built use them - at least in our part of the country. I am having a bit of brain lock at the moment, so I can't think of the specific name for the ones that require buried cables.

Tarka · Joined: 21 Dec 2007 Posts: 318

stephen · Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 10:34 pm Post subject:

poultry poofs · Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 2:40 am Post subject:

£3000 is a lot to fork out but interesting to see you can get a £1500 grant so helps ease the cost a bit. I sent for the brochure anyway,price compares better against the cost of solar water heating systems which are ludicrous.

CP · Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 3:31 am Post subject:

Hmmm, love to have one but as you say Rich, it is a lot of money & you don't get the grant until afterwards so you have to have a spare £3000 in the first place.

I have always fancied either solar or wind power (or both!) but the cost has been prohibitive. Perhaps this may be the way to go as it is a little cheaper - have to start saving my pennies! Wink

stephen · Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 6:27 am Post subject:

NannyP · Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 7:02 am Post subject:

I'll need to investigate the grant angle, as I beleive we may get one.
We will also get a tax deduction for fititing energy efficient heating. Would have done for a wood burner.

bronskibeat · Joined: 09 Sep 2007 Posts: 1612 Location: Clawddnewydd

I'd love to do something like that but my house is built on a rock Sad

I'd have to have the "suitcase" on the wall Laughing

Worth investigating though I think especially with the cost of oil soaring out of control Very Happy

I would have liked a solid fuel rayburn but they arent the easiest things to keep in if you are out all day on the farm...... I do have two multifuel stoves so I think they will be providing the heat with radiators only as a last resort if get a cool evening once weather warms up. Do the (hotwater) stoves come with back boilers, or can you add one to an existing stove?

CP · Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 11:39 am Post subject:

Depends on the make I think. Wink

Our one didn't have the option to add afterwards. Sad

Henwife · Joined: 31 Jan 2006 Posts: 3194 Location: Monmouthshire

Sorry Tarka - that wasn't intended as critcism, just that one never loses the protective instinct, hence adding the fact that I realised that you were present & my worry would be unfounded.

kated · Joined: 01 Nov 2006 Posts: 1821 Location: norfolk

Bronskibeat, I have a solid fuel Rayburn, and it's easypeasy to keep in for 12-14 hours at a time. The key is the right fuel, after much experimentation we have found the right one and it's now a doddle to care for. Ours hasn't gone out now for more than 3 months - and then I let it out for the chimney sweep! I think the old ones are better than the new ones tbh.

poultry poofs · Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 5:13 pm Post subject:

stephen · Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 5:38 pm Post subject:

They are also available closer to home cheap enough. A lot of these sorts of systems are from Scandinavia originally. At the prices being quoted, it would be cheaper to drive over on the ferry to Esjberg in Denmark or Goteborg in Sweden and bring them back yourself by quite some margin!

Clucky · Joined: 22 Jul 2006 Posts: 2182 Location: Shropshire

stephen · Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 5:52 pm Post subject:

More than happy to point people in the right direction! There is a major dealer 20kms from our house, and IVT's regional hub is not that far away either.