ground source heat pumps lancashire

We've installed ground source heat pumps lancashire, solar thermal, photo-voltaic and underfloor systems in hundreds of homes and businesses in Blackpool, Preston, Lancaster Lancashire and throughout the North West, we design heat pump and solar heating systems precisely suited to each property and budget, we install them, and we help get grants where possible to help cover the cost.
How Ground Source Heat Pumps Lancashire Work
A long loop of pipe, filled with water and anti-freeze, is buried in the earth. Depending on available space it can be in a trench at least 1.5m deep or down a borehole
The liquid in the pipe (or ground loop) absorbs heat from the ground which is a fairly stable 8 - 12 degrees C all year round
As it passes through an electrically powered heat pump, the absorbed heat is extracted, and the liquid goes back into the underground loop
Using mains electricity, the heat pump boosts the heat from the ground to the level needed by the heating system, heating water in a buffer tank
The heating system (ideally underfloor heating) is fed from the buffer tank.
Air source heat pumps work in a similar way, but instead of taking air from the ground, they extract heat from the air outside your home, using an evaporator coil. This looks like the big fans on air conditioner units and is fixed on an outside wall of the building.