ᐅ Heating System Choice: Air-to-Air or Air-to-Water Heat Pump
Created on: 19 Jun 2023 11:18
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KatlarOne
Hello everyone,
we are just at the very beginning of our home building journey – specifically in choosing the construction company. Neither of us are experts, and we are currently educating ourselves a lot -> please excuse us if some technical terms are unfamiliar or used incorrectly 😉
Among many other questions, we are uncertain about the heating system.
Construction Company A strongly recommends an air-to-air heat pump – meaning a central ventilation system with 'heating through the air flow.'
Company B suggests an air-to-water heat pump – combined with underfloor heating + still a central ventilation system.
And now about our lack of knowledge…
The air-to-air solution seems initially cheaper – but according to the advisor from Company B, there are disadvantages:
- Every room is the same temperature -> so having a cold bedroom and warm living room wouldn’t be possible?
- Warm air always rises -> so the floor would feel cold.
Neither of these issues would occur with underfloor heating since it can be controlled separately, and of course, your feet would be warm.
I don’t want to start a (new) fundamental debate – just wondering if you see it the same way? Unfortunately, we don’t know anyone who heats ‘with air’ 😉
we are just at the very beginning of our home building journey – specifically in choosing the construction company. Neither of us are experts, and we are currently educating ourselves a lot -> please excuse us if some technical terms are unfamiliar or used incorrectly 😉
Among many other questions, we are uncertain about the heating system.
Construction Company A strongly recommends an air-to-air heat pump – meaning a central ventilation system with 'heating through the air flow.'
Company B suggests an air-to-water heat pump – combined with underfloor heating + still a central ventilation system.
And now about our lack of knowledge…
The air-to-air solution seems initially cheaper – but according to the advisor from Company B, there are disadvantages:
- Every room is the same temperature -> so having a cold bedroom and warm living room wouldn’t be possible?
- Warm air always rises -> so the floor would feel cold.
Neither of these issues would occur with underfloor heating since it can be controlled separately, and of course, your feet would be warm.
I don’t want to start a (new) fundamental debate – just wondering if you see it the same way? Unfortunately, we don’t know anyone who heats ‘with air’ 😉
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HeimatBauer19 Jun 2023 13:18sysrun80 schrieb:
I would always lean towards a hydronic heating system. If at some point during the building’s lifespan a great new heating technology becomes available (hydrogen, flux capacitor, whatever), this option offers more flexibility.Yep. And until then, I actually find the heat pump to be the best choice: part of my decision was based on the fact that I can generate the electricity for the heat pump from nuclear/coal/gas/wind/solar/fusion reactor/flux capacitor/whatever sources.
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KatlarOne19 Jun 2023 13:22Thanks for the input 🙂
Apart from the fact that it doesn’t necessarily have to be Company A or B, the air-to-air heat pump was used in a KFW55 house, and the air-to-water heat pump in a "climate-friendly residential building – with QNG," which means KFW 40+?
At the moment, we would probably choose the highest KFW standard, also because solar panels will be installed anyway.
I’ll now read up on some facts about 'Proxon' ventilation systems 🙂
Apart from the fact that it doesn’t necessarily have to be Company A or B, the air-to-air heat pump was used in a KFW55 house, and the air-to-water heat pump in a "climate-friendly residential building – with QNG," which means KFW 40+?
At the moment, we would probably choose the highest KFW standard, also because solar panels will be installed anyway.
I’ll now read up on some facts about 'Proxon' ventilation systems 🙂
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HeimatBauer19 Jun 2023 13:36KatlarOne schrieb:
also because solar panels are going to be installed anyway. Recommendation: Distinguish between solar thermal systems and photovoltaic panels. Often the first term is mentioned when the second is actually meant.
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KatlarOne19 Jun 2023 14:04HeimatBauer schrieb:
Recommendation: Distinguish between solar thermal and photovoltaic systems.Sorry, thanks – photovoltaic is what I meant 🙂
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HeimatBauer19 Jun 2023 15:06All good, the solar installer will take care of that anyway 😉 but you do yourself a big favor by using the correct terms from the very beginning.
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