Red diesel.....

[Giles]

How do the bore hole ones do, we did one for a camp site wash block 80m in limestone, does water and underfloor with 8 showers 8 sinks etc for 100 people camp site.

 

[TiltyShaun]

Biggest issue is the plumbers that bang them in tend to be s**t....... Did I say that, opps

@JD450A has hit the nail on the head.

Plumbers bang them in. You need a heating Engineer to install these. You get what you pay for!!

 

[GazCro]

@JD450A has hit the nail on the head.

Plumbers bang them in. You need a heating Engineer to install these. You get what you pay for!!

Trouble is a lot of the installers are bigger outfits out to make big money off the job.

 

[TiltyShaun]

Trouble is a lot of the installers are bigger outfits out to make big money off the job.

And that will get worse now there is free money available to the gullible.

 

[Vinpetrol]

Some of the plumbers in my area do a better job than heating engineers that come from further afield. First air source fitted I saw was installed by central belt heating engineers. Steering the client through grant process and still took the eyes out of them . Virtually no back up service to speak off . It never worked right from day 1.
Local (very knowledgeable) plumber sorted it. He took the time to understand the product . He’s now a heating engineer

 

[V8Druid]

How do the bore hole ones do, we did one for a camp site wash block 80m in limestone, does water and underfloor with 8 showers 8 sinks etc for 100 people camp site.

think bore hole would be my choice for ground source ... deeper you go the more consistent the source is, from what I've read

 

[pettsy]

Never got involved in the “green” side of plumbing and heating. It does seem whenever grants are being handed out, it’s hoovered up by either large companies or fly-by-night limited companies.

 

[Quattromike]

My house had air source but 3 year ago I scraped it and put oil boiler back In

 

[V8Druid]

Never got involved in the “green” side of plumbing and heating. It does seem whenever grants are being handed out, it’s hoovered up by either large companies or fly-by-night limited companies.

absolutely .... all sorts of historic examples ..... this £5k thing is purely for replacement of faulty/failed gas boilers by air source heat pump systems ... there'll be some bullsh1t spread about to get ppl on board, for sure

 

[V8Druid]

My house had air source but 3 year ago I scraped it and put oil boiler back In

hardly surprised by that TBH ... from what i read air source is most successful (if you can call it that) when the entire house is built around the system and massively insulated - almost passive. ... Retro fit to older properties is a nightmare, just trying to get the insulation levels up to a suitable level, to keep the meagre heat generated, in

 

[mart1602]

if you like a warm home forget it they will never generate the same heat as oil or gas and cost a lot in electric to run

 

[V8Druid]

if you like a warm home forget it they will never generate the same heat as oil or gas and cost a lot in electric to run

spot on Mart ....

 

[Lancs Lad]

Prob a bit ott lads think you'll find on new stuff correctly insulated their ok...
Trouble us we all live in drafty old cottages
But seriously what's the option if greenies ban oil,gas,coal and logburners? Curry every night and big blankets?

 

[V8Druid]

Prob a bit ott lads think you'll find on new stuff correctly insulated their ok...
Trouble us we all live in drafty old cottages
But seriously what's the option if greenies ban oil,gas,coal and logburners? Curry every night and big blankets?

set fire to the neighbour's house and stand round warming yer hands .......
but seriously ....

there're mountains of old tyres we could lop up and torch in suitable sized lumps, to substitute the logs for the wood burners only need maybe one barrow tyre an hour ... and good door seals

 

[Left hooker]

Works well if done right.

Get the full length runs in.... Works better in waterlogged ground too.

Drill 90m deep normally does it down here don't need to dig miles of trenches then and wet at the bottom

 

[Justme]

Drill 90m deep normally does it down here don't need to dig miles of trenches then and wet at the bottom

How deep into the water level do you need to go?

We had a water bore hole done.
Hit water at about 25m & it then rose to about 15m.
Drilled to 50m to give good reserve.
Pump sat at about 30m depth.

 

[bobthebuilder]

see they have a £5k grant campaign on ATM to try to get ppl to replace knacked gas units with air source heat pumps ......

problem is the money allocated will do around 90000 installs ,there are around 25 million gas boilers in this country

 

[TiltyShaun]

How deep into the water level do you need to go?

We had a water bore hole done.
Hit water at about 25m & it then rose to about 15m.
Drilled to 50m to give good reserve.
Pump sat at about 30m depth.

is it working well?

 

[Justme]

is it working well?

The water bore hole?

Yes it gives us as much water as we need & more.

 

[TiltyShaun]

The water bore hole?

Yes it gives us as much water as we need & more.

Sorry. I thought it was for a ground source heat pump!!