It's a very wet and windy day as I type this to the point I even heard *something* move in the loft space above me this morning which is a bit disconcerting.
One of the things there's been much talk about in the last few days as part of the build up to COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow, Scotland is heat pumps.
The thing is the Heat Pump promotion bearing in mind the UK's climate and relatively poorly insulated homes many of which are over thirty years old simple will not work effectively because the output is lower overall so you need to trap that in the property.
The other issue is any hot water is also lower in temperature typically 40 degrees compared to around 60 in a gas or electric heated boiler which is insufficient for a shower or bath on cold day being lukewarm and makes serious bacterial infections such as Legionnaire's disease more likely as it don't kill the bugs off.
Toss in the need to rip the floorboards up to fit much wider pipes, put in bigger radiators that give out less heat and lose a big chink of your garden to sink the Heat Exchange unit with trench into and I can't see it happening.
It's a bit like Caroline Lucas the Green Party M.P. said "making tea in a broken teapot"
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