Hello dear forum,
We are currently planning the construction of our house. I have already read several posts and discussions here and would now like to address my question to you. Thank you in advance for your answers.
The situation is as follows:
Due to budget constraints, our house will unfortunately not have a basement. However, a photovoltaic system of about 6-7 kWp (kilowatt peak) is required by the development plan. We will probably aim for KfW 70 or KfW 55 standards. There are currently 3 people living in our household, possibly 4 in the future... we have not yet had the heating energy demand calculated. I understand that this is necessary for reliable advice regarding or against a specific heating system.
Nevertheless, I have a few questions that might be answered regardless of the heating energy demand.
Generally, it could be said that the photovoltaic system argues in favor of an air-to-water heat pump, since we would be able to run it partly or mostly with self-generated electricity, right?
We do have some concerns about the noise level of an air-to-water heat pump. We just cannot estimate how loud such a system actually is. My wife is very sensitive to noise and would be very unhappy if it were audible either in the living room adjacent to the utility room, in the bedroom/children’s room directly above, or in case of outdoor installation on our terrace.
Therefore, I would appreciate hearing experience reports from users of air-to-water heat pumps, both for indoor and outdoor installation.
To get to the main topic of my post: would it be possible to install an air-to-water heat pump outdoors inside the garage? This might possibly address the noise issue.
Best regards,
David
We are currently planning the construction of our house. I have already read several posts and discussions here and would now like to address my question to you. Thank you in advance for your answers.
The situation is as follows:
Due to budget constraints, our house will unfortunately not have a basement. However, a photovoltaic system of about 6-7 kWp (kilowatt peak) is required by the development plan. We will probably aim for KfW 70 or KfW 55 standards. There are currently 3 people living in our household, possibly 4 in the future... we have not yet had the heating energy demand calculated. I understand that this is necessary for reliable advice regarding or against a specific heating system.
Nevertheless, I have a few questions that might be answered regardless of the heating energy demand.
Generally, it could be said that the photovoltaic system argues in favor of an air-to-water heat pump, since we would be able to run it partly or mostly with self-generated electricity, right?
We do have some concerns about the noise level of an air-to-water heat pump. We just cannot estimate how loud such a system actually is. My wife is very sensitive to noise and would be very unhappy if it were audible either in the living room adjacent to the utility room, in the bedroom/children’s room directly above, or in case of outdoor installation on our terrace.
Therefore, I would appreciate hearing experience reports from users of air-to-water heat pumps, both for indoor and outdoor installation.
To get to the main topic of my post: would it be possible to install an air-to-water heat pump outdoors inside the garage? This might possibly address the noise issue.
Best regards,
David
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Nordlichtchen26 Mar 2014 17:21Ours is located on the ground floor in the utility room, and we have it set to run only during the day using a timer. We don’t hear it at night when we’re asleep, but if I’m awake for some other reason and lying in bed, it annoys me in the bedroom on the ground floor. We don’t hear it upstairs.
However, we always keep the utility room door open because the cat goes in and out, the cat food is kept there, and the cat flap leads outside. If the door were closed, it wouldn’t matter at night.
I wouldn’t place it in the garage because it wouldn’t get enough heat there and would work inefficiently. For example, we always run the heat pump when the condenser dryer is running, as the dryer generates a lot of heat, and otherwise it would be too warm in the utility room anyway...
However, we always keep the utility room door open because the cat goes in and out, the cat food is kept there, and the cat flap leads outside. If the door were closed, it wouldn’t matter at night.
I wouldn’t place it in the garage because it wouldn’t get enough heat there and would work inefficiently. For example, we always run the heat pump when the condenser dryer is running, as the dryer generates a lot of heat, and otherwise it would be too warm in the utility room anyway...
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