We are building a new 2 bed bungalow and looking at Heating / Hot water options. Although Gas is available we are keen to not have it connected but we will be having a large solar system installed as we have a long South facing roof.
Our house that we are moving from has Air con installed in the bedrooms and also a loft conversion which we absolutely love and use it for cooling and heating in the loft and cooling in the bedrooms in the summer.
My go to option in the bungalow is to have a multi room air con system installed but i'm wondering what options there are, i.e. Heat Pumps. electric combi boiler? The issue being with the Air con is how do we heat the smaller areas, i.e. Entrance Hall, Bathroom and En-Suite and what do we do about Hot Water? An option would be ducted Air con rather than room units but thats not overly efficient from what i gather.
I have looked at Air Source Heat pumps but we are very keen on cooling in the summer after having Air Con in the house.
We also have an un-vented water tank in the house so the showers are amazing, keen to retain something like that if possible.
Personally i'm thinking Air Con and Electric unvented water tank but there is still the issue of heating the less used areas. Electric cost wouldn't be a massive issue due to the Solar, not sure how big it will be just yet but as a min will be 7 Kw along with some battery storage.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Our house that we are moving from has Air con installed in the bedrooms and also a loft conversion which we absolutely love and use it for cooling and heating in the loft and cooling in the bedrooms in the summer.
My go to option in the bungalow is to have a multi room air con system installed but i'm wondering what options there are, i.e. Heat Pumps. electric combi boiler? The issue being with the Air con is how do we heat the smaller areas, i.e. Entrance Hall, Bathroom and En-Suite and what do we do about Hot Water? An option would be ducted Air con rather than room units but thats not overly efficient from what i gather.
I have looked at Air Source Heat pumps but we are very keen on cooling in the summer after having Air Con in the house.
We also have an un-vented water tank in the house so the showers are amazing, keen to retain something like that if possible.
Personally i'm thinking Air Con and Electric unvented water tank but there is still the issue of heating the less used areas. Electric cost wouldn't be a massive issue due to the Solar, not sure how big it will be just yet but as a min will be 7 Kw along with some battery storage.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.