I've found a problem with our heat pump and wonder if any of you have had the same experience.
Now, call me stupid, but I want to put on the heat pump when it's cold and believe me, there have been some bone chillingly cold nights and early mornings lately.
Now, we live in a brand spanking new single story home with good insulation - no double glazing though.
Anyway, now the weather has turned really quite cold, our heat pump is only blowing out warmish air and no matter what we do, we can't get it any hotter. So we called in 'The Man', in fact we called in a few men to get varied opinions.
They all came up with the same conclusion : yes, our heat pump is big enough to do what we are asking of it, but apparently, because (like all heat pumps) it draws in cold air from the outside then warms up said air as it passes through the unit and then blows it into the room, it will only blow out really hot air if the outside air isn't too cold !!!!!!!!
The 'Man' that came to look at it this morning confirmed it yet again by saying 'Oh, it's frosty this morning, so the air from the pump won't get hot.'
Just going out now to buy a gas fire - we have mains gas so I can buy one of those Rennai flue-less heaters - oh and then (apparently) I'll have to turn the dehumidifier up too - happy days.
Julie
xx