Air Source Heat Pumps

The air source heat pumps create hot water by extracting the ambient heat from outside and using it to warm a refrigerant gas. The gas is compressed and as the pressure increases so does the temperature. A heat exchanger transfer the heat from the compressed refrigerant to the hot water. The hot water is stored in a buffer tank, ready to be circulated round your home or busness when needed. Either via under floor heating, into compatible radiators, which are slightly larger than conventional radiators, or into a large hot water cyclinder.

The air source heat pump looks very much like an air conditioning unit. They don’t take up a lot of space so can be placed in a discreet location. There needs to be a bit of room between the external unit and the nearest building to allow for air flow. Room also needs to be made for the buffer tank/hot water cylinder. This would normally fit into the space the size of a cupboard.

Completely Eco Ltd will carry out a survey of your home and discuss your heating needs. Once the location has been selected our heating engineers will mount the outside air source heat pump and connect the water supply. Our qualfied electricians can connect it to the electricity supply. The buffer tank will be installed and plumbed in to the chosen circulation system, whether this be the existing hot water central heating system, with compatible radiators, or into under floor heating. If you are using the air source heat pump to warm water in a cylinder we can also fit the ‘top up’ immersion heater which is required to heat the water sufficiently to kill bacteria such as legionella.

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Completely ECO Ltd have fully trained heating engineer qualifies specifically in installing air source heat pumps. Completely ECO Ltd will calculate a bespoke Seasonal Performance Factor (SPF) for a heat pump in your home, so you know what to expect in terms of running costs and efficiency.