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Air to air heat pumps are amazing. I'm completely converted, they are fair superior to gas.
But why the UK is pushing do hard for air to water is a mystery to me. Seems like betting on old inferior technology.
Also I don't get why they aren't pushing for a induction also conversion and disconnecting the gas line to the house entirely. Induction is magic, that is a way superior technology to gas cooking.
The big reason somebody might want air to water is that it enables a low-cost retrofit of an existing heating system which uses water to distribute heat. Definitely not what I'd choose if designing from scratch, but I can see how it makes financial sense in a lot of homes.
And yes, induction is amazing, but there are a whole bunch of people who have been marketed into treating gas stoves as their personal identity.
I think most of those retrofits aren't cheap because the pipes and radiators aren't big enough for the colder water. So it ends up needing a whole now install anyway.
I can see how that could happen for some homes. Worth doing the calculation though, since it can be cheaper if the pipes are adequate.
It's probably always cheaper. The government is pushing for air to water. There are no subsidies for air to air which I think is a better way to heat a home.