Heat Pumps
Heat your home with a cleaner, greener heating system.
Fitting both air source and ground source heat pumps throughout Shaftesbury, Dorset and the South West of England, our highly experienced team and engineers can confidently advise you on which heat pump is best suited for your home.
We can advise, install and maintain your heat pump giving you one point of care.
Saving on Energy Bills
Depending on your current energy supply, installing an air source heat pump could reduce your heating energy bills. Typically, the largest savings are seen when replacing oil, LPG, electric, or old/inefficient natural gas boilers.
What are Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)?
An air source heat pump (ASHP), sometimes referred to as an air-to-water source heat pump, extracts heat from the outside air, even in Dorset’s cooler climate and transfers this to water, which heats your rooms via radiators or underfloor heating. It can also heat water stored in a hot water cylinder for your hot taps, showers, and baths.
Heat from the air is absorbed into a fluid. This fluid then passes through a heat exchanger into the heat pump, which raises the temperature and then transfers that heat to water.
How Air Source Heat Pumps Work
Our sun warms the air around your home, creating a temperature difference, even in the very coldest areas of the UK.
This difference enables you to use a heat pump, to gather the energy you need for heating, hot water, or cooling.
We install the ASHP outside your home and it gently draws air across refrigerant coils, warming the refrigerant inside. This energy is collected and compressed in the heat pump in the same way as a GSHP does, resulting in water temperatures which you can use in your home for heating and hot water.
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Air source heat pumps are a common installation for many types of homes with thousands of installations across the UK. You just need space outside your home where a unit can be fitted to a wall or placed on the ground, a space that will allow a good flow of air around it.
A standard heat pump doesn’t provide hot water on demand. You will need a way of storing hot water for when you need it, with the size of hot water cylinder required depending on the amount of hot water that your household typically uses. Most standard cylinders will usually be fitted inside any cupboard that measures around 80 x 80 cm. Our team at Inafix would discuss your requirements and ensure the best fit for your property.