The build

It’s very exciting. And a little depressing. £2500 for just over an hours work   . I don’t begrudge the boys doing the work at all. They have to bugger about with the dangerous stuff. It’s the money grabbing pen pushers, further up the food chain. I take issue with. 

The other thing. Our application for a grant and a loan were accepted yesterday. So we are having an air source heat pump. Also very exciting.   .

P's eyes lit up when I read that to him about the air source thingy. He awaits installments with interest.

If I told you the price, I’m pretty certain I could make P’s eyes water!     It wouldn’t be happening if we hadn’t been approved for the grant & loan. 

Nextdoor elderlies had one fitted before he passed, even the installer told him it wasn't appropriate for that type of building but he still went ahead. £17K + and he never figured out how to control it, poor bloke.

We are just under that figure. Must admit I was very dubious about having one. As the only one I had any experience of was one of the very early ones also in an inappropriate building and being used incorrectly. Like your experience by someone who didn’t really understand how it worked.  So I really wasn’t keen on having one because I didn’t think they worked well and cost a lot to run. I’m slowly coming round to the idea. Still not totally convinced.

Personally, I know nothing, but P said your house, designed around an air pump and really well insulated seems to be the ideal scenario.