u/PreparationBig8177

Contrasting opinions from different heat pump installers

I had 2 heat pump installers coming over recently to produce a heat loss survey and recommend an adequate heat pump system for my property.

Without going into too much detail about the property itself as I don't think it's necessary in this case (but please ask away if you think otherwise), I would like to understand the following:

I noticed both installers used the same software to produce the heat loss survey: it turns out my 4 bed detached has a 6kw heat loss.

The first installer says I need to replace 8 radiators out of 11. His reasoning is that each room has its own heat loss and the radiators need to be correctly sized to produce enough heat for that room.

The second installer says there is no need to replace any radiators. He says that with a heat pump, running constantly, the heat from one room moves to another (through walls, doors, etc) and that produces a uniform temperature throughout the house.

Who's right?

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u/PreparationBig8177 — 6 days ago
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Livingroom ideas

Hi all.

I have this living room and I need some inspiration for its interiors.

Currently we're using it as a dining/living space with the dining table placed somewhat in between the entrance door and the door opposite to it. We then have a sofa placed halfway in the room, facing the fireplace wall.

The dining room is used as a playroom, but I'm trying to convince the boss (my missus) that it's not a great. Initially it seemed a good idea, because we could "limit" the spread of the kids toys into a single room that, at the end of the day, we could just shut closed and forget about the mess. Unfortunately the reality is the kids kinda want to play in the living room, where television is, it more spacious, etc...

Also I'm fed up having the table in the middle of what effectively is a corridor and it becomes a dumping ground for anything.

So...to recap...livingroom/play area ideas please!

u/PreparationBig8177 — 3 months ago