This project was for an Air Source Heat Pump to serve a 3 storey house with UFH on the ground and first floors, and radiators on the top floor.
In order to make the system as efficient as we could, we designed the ground floor UFH package with the pipes at 100mm centres with the first floor at 150mm centres. We did this as the staircase is situated in the middle of the house and so the some of the core energy generated downstairs, goes all the way up the middle of the house and so we biased the system towards the ground floor living spaces. The result has been very successful and the homeowner has stated that the radiators are hardly having to do any work on the top floor but the ground and first floors are keeping a nice balance. Consequently we are observing a COP of well over 500% since we added the Planet Devices remote monitoring software. All three floors are again being served completely by the single OEM circulation pump within the Clivet unit outside.
Customer Comments
“An ode to AquaTherma by Mike Brummitt on two new-builds.
Aqua first came to my attention from Sam Sam the friendly tattooed floor screed man from East Midlands Flowscreed (known as Sam for the rest of this text) having used Sam on a couple of jobs before.
He said “Mike, the bands back together!”, from then on my project never looked back!!
I had a couple of site meetings with Tom and Ang and we were up and running.
Sam obviously completed the UFH pipe installation and screeding in his usual epic manner and was shortly followed by James and now Reuben who installed the ASHP and all associated equipment.
The soldiers behind the scenes, Tom, Ang, and Laura, dealt with the thankless paperwork tasks seamlessly and obviously redeemed my BUS vouchers in a timely fashion.
As with all big building projects, this was a huge financial worry but my mind was soon put at rest. My family now benefit from a beautifully cosy home and we can’t thank the band enough for their hard work.
Thank you and look forward to working with you in the future.
Mike, Julie, William, Lily, Rose, and Ozzy (the Dog).”
