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This is the third winter that we’re heating our home with an air source heat pump and the experiment continues. As regular followers of our blog and YouTube channel will…

As part of our ongoing sustainability journey at Home Farm, we annually review our solar production, air source heat pump efficiency and the weather for the past 12 months.

The weather this year has been unstable, overcast, wet and cold. As the weather finally starts to improve and temperatures start to rise, it’s a good time to look at…

This winter was telling for our air source heat pump, especially after a bitterly cold spell in February, and the main area of concern was that the rooms to the…

Since starting My Home Farm, we have consistently grown our audience with people that are curious about sustainable, country living. Our air source heat pump and solar PV array has…

When we switched over from an oil boiler to an air source heat pump (ASHP), we had to re-think all our central heating controls from thermostats to TRVs. In this…

Just when we thought we were rounding the corner of another mild winter, we were hit by freezing cold easterly winds in early February and our temperatures tumbled to -6C.

We’re halfway through our second winter with the 18kW Caernarfon air source heat pump (ASHP), and it’s time for an update.

When we installed our air source heat pump two years ago, all our running costs and calculations were based on electricity being sold at around 15p/kWh. We’ve changed electricity providers…

We have received hundreds of comments and questions regarding air source heat pumps from our YouTube channel and blog followers. We have answered most of the questions in writing, but…