Is a Heat Pump Cheaper to Run Than a Gas Boiler?

Adam was so patient. His confidence in his skill and knowledge spoke a thousand words. Well done Heat Geek.

Thanks again for the collaboration SB! Great to see it still running at 520% efficiency for the last 30 days as anyone can see by following the link. Heat geek guarentee the efficiency due to our belief in the ability of small family run businesses putting their heart and soul in to their work, with a bit of help from our training. This has resulted in an average SCOP across our installations of 4.44 to date. Here’s to the next!

I had a heat pump installed under the old gas boiler replacement scheme. The first year it was expensive but not a big problem but one room was struggling to make temp. After the original installers could not find fault I found a heat geek from the website and after a one hour visit the controls were adjusted and a blending valve turned off the system has wor,ed like a dream all winter with much smaller bills and all rooms working. I cannot speak more highly about the heat geek and skill builder videos.

Even though Roger has been critical of heat pumps in the past, it's great to see him bring in people who know about them, shows they can be good etc as long as it's done right. The scare mongering around heat pumps need to end and this level headed showcase has been great

Adam sitting very patiently waiting for the data to do all the talking 😂 smashed it heat geeks!

A briliant set of films.Thanks to Heet Geek Skill Builder and the gentleman who allowed us into his home.Entertaining and thought provoking.

I’m a heating engineer for the last 25 years and I think you may have started to convert me to the idea of heat pumps Thanks for the great videos

Rooftop Solar, Inductioncooking, HT Heatpump. No Gas. Makes a lot of Money. Power from the Sun, heat from the Air. COP 4. Works for 12 years now.❤👍

Roger. Ive been following this poor guys saga from the beginning. I love what you said about the space under the kitchen cabinets. Thinking outside the box that. 👍👍👍

As smart and invested as John seems to be, I am surprised that he hadn't done the ceiling insulation first. I am extremely pleased to see that the system is now working for them. Well done Heat Geeks, John and SB.

This is a brilliant series of videos. Really enjoyed the journey. Glad to see John has a functioning, efficient system and a comfortable home now. It's no doubt been a stressful and expensive few years for him and the good lady. All the best and hopefully we get another follow up video at some point.

Damm Roger, Adam and John for ruining my day because I have to watch it before doing anything else and damn them again for compelling me to waste time writing to say how good it is.

what a fantastic journey from youtube beef right through to diagnosis and science behind the whole system. well done to all parties, I have learnt a lot from this

I was previously rude to you SB and I'd like to apologise, I'm glad Adam reached out to you and ha shown you the positives of heat pumps and how to design them.

Great collab. Loved watching this all the way through, great stuff!

I moved from the UK to Finland 20 years ago. I'm amazed at how our radiators never get hot like my radiators in the UK but we are always at 23°C room temp. They feel warm (but only at the top) when it's minus 20 C outside. Insulation is great. Our building is moving away from multifuel district heating to ground source heat pumps with Solar panels on the roof as of next winter. Also our powered ventilation is going to start heat recovery so the warm air will no longer be vented. It will last 20-25 years and will repay the loan taken within the first 7 years. After that we will be quids (euros) in for the next 15 years

Congrats to everyone for a balanced and grounded discussion - plenty of food for thought.

Adam explains things so well - he simplifies things, which really helps to learn about this "new" heat pump technology (the Scandinavians have been using heat pumps for decades!).

I have enjoyed watching this series of videos. Thanks for always coming back with feedback... The heat geeks are real pros

For a true comparison it would be interesting to compare apples with apples, i.e. a gas boiler system with ASHP, both with similar standards of insulation and weather compensated to really compare like for like. A few issues, they use gas for cooking so the standing charge saving is a non starter unless the cook with electricity in which case the electricity cost would rise. Without the grant and favourable electricity rates currently offered for ASHP heated houses, the payback period would be significantly longer, so making it much less realistic an option for many, particularly if you aren’t in your house for life and plan on moving. The original install was circa £16k, heat geek suggested £20k, I’m guessing that the cost of the refit was significantly more than £20k if all hours were charged and not done for promotional reasons. I’m guessing, but i imagine that the greater percentage saving comes from upgrading the insulation, windows, draught proofing and weather compensation than from the heat source itself, ASHP or new gas boiler. I admit i am biased because i don’t believe the cult of saving carbon, so that factor would never enter my thinking, albeit that i accept the government have already and will increase taxes to manipulate the carbon net zero ponzi schemes. I’m open minded to any heating system though and my son is a heating engineer, fitting ASHP on new build schemes and gas boilers