Heat pump - anyone has tried it?

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My boiler is on its last legs and I'm wondering about heat pumps. But I'd like to know what the feeling it for people who live with one.
Several thoughts:

• The warmer the winter the more effective these things are... But I'm in Derbyshire, it would have to work (efficiently!) with snow outside (7 days per year?) and proper frosty days
• We're talking about air source, there's no access for machinery to put pipes in the garden.
• No underfloor, it's an old house and it would be madness to redo the flooring to heat it that way.
• Insulation is not great, and cavity too narrow to insulate that way unfortunately.
• 3 floors, roughly 1500 sq. feet.

Has anyone else lived with a heat pump in an Edwardian home, and found it work out? Or else a disappointment?

We have a heat pump and absolutely loathe it. Biggest regret. Were due a new boiler at the end of the year and I’ll be getting a combi and saying goodbye to the heat pump. Hate it!!!

I looked into getting a heat pump. My plumber, who I've used for years and trust, said he wouldn't advise anyone in an older house to get one. My house is 1930s. He said we'd need to spend tens of thousands on making the house airtight for a heat pump to work effectively. He'd only recommend them for houses built in the last 10 years.

We replaced our combi boiler with another combi boiler

Thanks, that's useful to know it's not always bliss 😁
Give me a bit of context please... Is it because you've been cold, or you found it noisy/ugly... Did it run ok or break down?
Also, is your house old or new, does it have insulation, did you need a plan B for heating?
Was the source of heat air (with a big fan outside your house) or ground (pipes under the house or in your garden)?

we swapped our gas boiler for an air source heat pump last December - and no regrets here
In Scotland so it has coped well with the cold and snowy weather. and the house is warmer than it was before
But I would suggest you get an expert out to have a look at your house and tell you if it would work for you and what you would need
we’re in a 20 year old house and didn’t need new pipes, but most of our radiators needed replaced

I fitted a solid fuel Rayburn to heat my house in winter instead of the heat pump. The ASHP will do heating or hot water. It does hot water very well in summer.
UFH I don’t like as when the house is cold it doesn’t warm up for about 12 hours and then you can be too hot. The bills were very high as well. I do know plenty of people who have ASHP who are delighted with them

We have a heat pump in a 1930s house. It'a been great so far (18 months in). However, we did heavily insulate our house and put in underfloor heating across the entire ground floor. I would say get some advice from a green energy firm.

Also have an airforce heat pump in a 1930s house. My house has ineffective cavity wall insulation and needs a lot of ventilation but the heat pump works fine. House has been a lot warmer and a bit cheaper compared with previous year ( the heat pump year it was much colder outside too). I think the trick is to get a really good installer, I used heat geeks, they recommended massive radiators

We have one however it’s a brand new airtight home with mechanical ventilation too. I have no issues so far.

Recently had a gas engineer out. He said to forget it in an old house. The space needed, new radiators and the need to leave it on constantly would make it far outside my budget. He also said retro fitting isn’t as effective as new builds where they’re installed as part of the build. He strongly advised replacing combi boiler with another one.