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LPG vs AWHP installation cost

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  • 12-12-2015 11:04pm
    #1
    Monfreid
    Registered Users Posts: 102 ✭✭


    Hello,

    I've been granted planning permission and I'm now at the stage where I need to decide which heating system I'm gonna choose for my house

    I know that heating cost is less with Heat Pump but it's probably more expensive to install, I've heard someting like 7 years to get your money back if you switch from oil for ex.

    My house is 2200 sqf, 1 and a half storey, 4 beds

    Do you have any idea, roughly, how much it would cost to have

    1- AWHP+UFH downstairs and rads upstairs
    2- LPG boiler + rads

    Thank you


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    galwaytt
    Registered Users Posts: 12,776 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    Monfreid wrote: »
    Hello,

    I've been granted planning permission and I'm now at the stage where I need to decide which heating system I'm gonna choose for my house

    I know that heating cost is less with Heat Pump but it's probably more expensive to install, I've heard someting like 7 years to get your money back if you switch from oil for ex.

    My house is 2200 sqf, 1 and a half storey, 4 beds

    Do you have any idea, roughly, how much it would cost to have

    1- AWHP+UFH downstairs and rads upstairs
    2- LPG boiler + rads

    Thank you

    I think this is crossing with your other thread. ....you haven't yet discovered which works for you imho. ...I think you're comparing apple's & oranges. ..

    Gas boiler + rads cheaper I'd have thought. Oil burner cheaper again.

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    Monfreid
    Registered Users Posts: 102 ✭✭Monfreid


    galwaytt wrote: »
    I think this is crossing with your other thread. ....you haven't yet discovered which works for you imho. ...I think you're comparing apple's & oranges. ..

    Gas boiler + rads cheaper I'd have thought. Oil burner cheaper again.

    Yes, you're right. I have another thread on the topic but this one was more regarding costs, maybe I should have ask this question in the same thread

    I'm still wondering which is best for me. Now, I'm down to installation cost to make my decision because I don't want/can't have a big mortgage so sounds like LPG would be better for me but my Advisory report is claiming that LPG gas boiler + rads is more expensive than AWHP + UFH ... makes no sense.
    Going to contact vendors for both products tomorrow to have a better idea


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    ml100
    Registered Users Posts: 404 ✭✭ml100


    Monfreid wrote: »
    Yes, you're right. I have another thread on the topic but this one was more regarding costs, maybe I should have ask this question in the same thread

    I'm still wondering which is best for me. Now, I'm down to installation cost to make my decision because I don't want/can't have a big mortgage so sounds like LPG would be better for me but my Advisory report is claiming that LPG gas boiler + rads is more expensive than AWHP + UFH ... makes no sense.
    Going to contact vendors for both products tomorrow to have a better idea

    I haven't got costs of AWHP yet but I was advised to go with ufh upstairs as the radiators that you use with a low heat AWHP are nearly as expensive especially if you have sensors in each room, I guess it depends on what your second floor is made from, hollow core etc


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    galwaytt
    Registered Users Posts: 12,776 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    ASHP won't work properly with a std rad to FF and UFH to GF set up. If you're looking at rads at all, I think it's LPG or Oil you should be looking at.

    I still think your Advisory Report is AWOL.

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



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