I recommend booking a regular, annual service for your air source heat pump, which will help maintain its manufacturer's warranty and keep it working at its best. Air source heat pumps usually require less maintenance than a traditional boiler, so you'll probably find the annual check-up to be quicker and more straightforward than you're used to. But rest assured I will spend my time on site to get the best out of your heat pump and give it a service of the highest quality to

It sounds really obvious, but one of the biggest differences between your air source heat pump and a traditional boiler is that your heat pump lives outside. Nobody’s ever needed to weed out vegetation from the cupboard where a boiler sits. However, it’s worth keeping an eye on the area around your air source heat pump and getting rid of any leaves, plants or branches that are getting in the way of vents or pipes. Clear away any other debris, rubbish or garden toys from the a

When the temperature drops dramatically, you might find that ice forms on the outside of your heat pump unit from the cold air that you’re pulling in. This is completely normal, and no cause for concern. You’ll find that the air source heat pump will run a defrost cycle to remove the ice, and you’ll see what looks like steam rising from it. Book Your Annual Heat Pump Service Today Don't wait until something goes wrong. At Reliable Renewables, our NVQ Level 3 qualified enginee

If you’re going away for a break, you might be tempted to give your heat pump a holiday too. However, I would advise against turning it off completely. Your heat pump will need to use more energy getting your home back up to temperature than it would keeping it warm while you're away. If you wait to turn your heat pump on until you walk back through the door, you'll have to wait to be warm while it catches up. Heat pumps warm homes more slowly, but much more efficiently and i

You can set up your air source heat pump to respond to the temperature outside so that it increases the flow temperature of your system when it’s colder and reduces it when it’s warmer. Experimenting with your compensation settings on the air source heat pump keeps your home up to the temperature you’ve specified on your thermostat without using more energy than it needs to on warmer days. Different heat pumps have different types of weather compensation settings. I can set t

Often I find rooms in customer houses with radiators turned off, mostly in rooms that are used for storage. After all, it doesn’t make sense to pay to heat a room with nobody in it. However, this approach won’t really work with an air source heat pump, which is designed to keep your whole house at a comfortable temperature. If you turn off radiators in certain rooms, you’ll throw out the balance of your system. Asking your heat pump to heat fewer rooms than it was designed to

One of the first lessons that air source heat pump owners learn is that it costs less to keep your heat pump running all the time, day and night than it does to turn it off and on. Air source heat pumps have a lower flow temperature (the temperature of the water that they pump through your system) than gas boilers, which makes them much more energy efficient. They’re designed to keep your home at a constant temperature rather than pumping out a lot of heat quickly. You'll sav

One of the main differences between a boiler and a heat pump is that a boiler delivers the same temperature consistently to the home, whereas a heat pump will modulate its flow temperature according to the outside air temperature. The colder it is outside, the warmer the radiators will be inside. Often heat pump owners swapping from a boiler to a heat pump take at least a year to get used to the way a heat pump works. An oil/gas boiler effectively blasts heat into a home usin