By installing a heat pump in his house in the hills of Oslo, Oyvind Solstad killed three birds with one stone, improving his comfort, finances and climate footprint.
  • EclecticDad@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I live in NC where a very cold day is +20F and I have to say I do not feel my heat pump keeps my house very warm. Maybe l just have a very high expectation of what a warm house feels like, but based purely on comfort I would not pick a heat pump. My house is only about 7 years old, so maybe the technology has improved since then?

    • Cort@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Are you saying it struggles to meet the temp set on the thermostat, or that you/your spouse sets the thermostat too low?

      • EclecticDad@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I am saying the heat pump struggles to keep up with the temp on the thermostat. It runs constantly and cannot maintain the ~70 we have the thermostat set too.

    • Mr_Blott@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Nothing to do with the heat pump, everything to do with building standards over to last couple of decades

    • EclecticDad@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I will say, it is unseasonably cold the last few days (40’s) and my house is comfortably warm. But I cannot imagine going days sub freezing and the heat pump keeping up. But I am a spoiled American.