My wife and I own a house in the countryside, and we have always used a solid fuel boiler to heat our home. After thirty years, we had to replace the first boiler because it no longer met the environmental standards. However, with age, my back started to hurt, and I couldn’t bend over the boiler, so I considered how to change the heating. Instead, we had a heat pump installed and replaced the windows.
The whole process of replacing the boiler with a heat pump was simple and quick. With the heat pump, our heating costs have gone down; I used to pay more for coal and wood than I do now for electricity. The heat pump is more convenient, but my wife and I were used to a higher level of thermal comfort; the current temperatures reach about 24 degrees Celsius, compared to even warmer temperatures when heating with the boiler.
I would recommend that people considering purchasing a heat pump gather as much information as possible. There is no need to worry about applying for subsidies, because most companies that handle installation also offer assistance with the application process. When we replaced our windows, we even received the subsidy before the replacement itself. There were several conditions to be met, such as that the windows had to be triple-glazed with an eight-centimeter-thick frame. In the end, the subsidy covered 50% of the cost of replacing the windows.