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Hello, I hope someone can give me some advice on replacing an old air source heat pump.
We moved into a shared ownership house last year which has a Daiken air source heat pump fitted to provide heating and hot water. The unit was fitted when the house was built 12 years ago. It seems that the previous owners of the house weren't too bothered about getting the unit serviced and the unit has died on us, although I think 12 years is about the average lifespan for older ASHP units.
We had an engineer out to try and fix the problem but he says that the unit is beyond economical repair and refilling the unit with refrigerant alone would cost a lot and wouldn't necessarily guarantee getting it working again so he recommended getting a new unit.
We need a unit size of 7kw and have been quoted between £8-10,000 to fit a new one (though it is practically impossible to find anyone who even wants to quote as demand has increased massively due to gas and electric prices going up so much.)
We were a bit shocked at the price as we already have an ASHP water tank fitted and we just need a replacement unit, however we were also told that to decommission the old unit needed to be done by an aircon engineer and we should expect to pay around £3000 for that too! So what I am asking is are these quotes correct? I understand that the draining and disposal of the refrigerant liquid is a major factor but should that cost so much for a domestic heat pump?
Also does anyone know if we replace an old unit with a new one, we would still be able to apply for the RHI scheme? As far as I can see it hasn't be claimed at our address before. Does anyone know if there is any other financial help out there at all such as interest free loans to install renewables?
I have been a bit shocked at the cost of such a system in a shared ownership house. It's fine when it is working but devastating when you have to cough up £11,000 to replace our source of heating and hot water into a house which is supposed to be affordable housing! We're not sure how we are going to be able to fund it.
Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you.
We moved into a shared ownership house last year which has a Daiken air source heat pump fitted to provide heating and hot water. The unit was fitted when the house was built 12 years ago. It seems that the previous owners of the house weren't too bothered about getting the unit serviced and the unit has died on us, although I think 12 years is about the average lifespan for older ASHP units.
We had an engineer out to try and fix the problem but he says that the unit is beyond economical repair and refilling the unit with refrigerant alone would cost a lot and wouldn't necessarily guarantee getting it working again so he recommended getting a new unit.
We need a unit size of 7kw and have been quoted between £8-10,000 to fit a new one (though it is practically impossible to find anyone who even wants to quote as demand has increased massively due to gas and electric prices going up so much.)
We were a bit shocked at the price as we already have an ASHP water tank fitted and we just need a replacement unit, however we were also told that to decommission the old unit needed to be done by an aircon engineer and we should expect to pay around £3000 for that too! So what I am asking is are these quotes correct? I understand that the draining and disposal of the refrigerant liquid is a major factor but should that cost so much for a domestic heat pump?
Also does anyone know if we replace an old unit with a new one, we would still be able to apply for the RHI scheme? As far as I can see it hasn't be claimed at our address before. Does anyone know if there is any other financial help out there at all such as interest free loans to install renewables?
I have been a bit shocked at the cost of such a system in a shared ownership house. It's fine when it is working but devastating when you have to cough up £11,000 to replace our source of heating and hot water into a house which is supposed to be affordable housing! We're not sure how we are going to be able to fund it.
Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you.
