Ground Source Heat Pumps

What is a ground source heat pump? I didn't know until the other day when I was watching Kevin McLeod on Grand Designs. A ground source heat pump is an environmentally friendly heating system for your home! The ground source heat pump basically uses a buried ground loop that transfers heat from the ground into a building. The pump uses the earth as a heat source collecting natural heat from the earth and using a long water filled loop network of pipes transfers this heat to your underfloor heating system.

Ground Source Heat Pump Benefits

• The system does not require any external fuel and can heat a whole building, however you will need a large area of ground to house the system
• Installing a ground source heat pump can be expensive but this will pay off in the long term as you off set against your heating bills the main benefit is that you will be heating your house in an environmentally friendly way

If anyone has had any experience of installing a system we would love to know more about ground source heat pumps.