At the end of 2009 I moved into a Grade II-listed building I’d spent several years restoring and extending. While we’d done everything to ensure both the older building and new extension were as thermally efficient as they could be, heating a large home comes at a cost.
The property wasn’t connected to mains gas – we relied on very old oil-based heating – so I was keen to look at renewable options. After researching solutions ranging from heat pumps to biomass boilers, the latter eventually turned out to be the most cost-effective and tried and tested solution — at the time.
But even with hours of research, living with a new system creates a series of ‘If only I’d known that’ moments. Here, I share my hard-won wisdom regarding…
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Homebuilding & Renovating (Digital) - 1 Issue, January 2025