A greener, more efficient way of heating your home

As the demand for more sustainable home heating options continues to grow, air-to-water heat pumps have become one of the most popular heating solutions for Irish homeowners. Heat pumps reduce energy consumption, cut out carbon emissions, and can reduce your ongoing energy bills, offering a cleaner and smarter alternative to traditional heating systems like an oil or gas boiler.

Whether you’re upgrading your current home or embarking on the process of building a new one, our heat pump solutions are designed to provide you with a significant upgrade and support a more sustainable future.

Is my home heat pump ready?

You’re a great fit for an air-to-water heat pump if:

  • Your home is well insulated
  • You have double or triple glazed windows
  • You’re building a new home or undertaking renovations
  • You want to reduce your heating bills and carbon emissions
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What is an air-to-water heat pump?

Air-to-water heat pumps are renewable heating systems that extract heat from the outside air and convert it into usable energy for your home. They are designed to replace the need for a traditional oil or gas boiler, generating heat not by burning fuel but by transferring existing heat. This process is environmentally friendly and much more efficient.

Why get a heat pump?

Switching to an air-to-water heat pump is an investment in the long-term performance of your home. As well as providing reliable hot water and heating, heat pumps deliver a range of benefits, including:

Lower energy bills

Heat pumps are highly energy efficient, operating at lower temperatures than alternatives. This means they use less energy to heat your home, resulting in savings in your energy bills every month.

Reduced carbon footprint

Unlike traditional boilers, there’s no requirement to burn fossil fuels at home with a heat pump. This means they’re a greener, more sustainable way of heating your home.

Improved comfort levels

Heat pumps combined with underfloor heating deliver heat steadily and consistently, creating a more comfortable home environment than ever before.

Our brand partners

Hitachi

We provide Irish homeowners with access to the best Hitachi heat pump systems, including Split Combi heat pumps.

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Midea

Midea is the world’s number one air-treatment brand, delivering excellent standards and total product reliability.

The design & installation process

If you’re interested in getting a heat pump, there are a range of government grants available to make your investment as cost-effective as possible. From there, the process of upgrading is simple.

Firstly, you need to contact an independent SEAI registered Techncial Advisor who will complete a Home Assessment to check that your home is suitable for a heat pump.

If necessary, you’ll next need to make any upgrades as specified by your Technical Adviser, ensuring that your home is as energy efficient as it should be.

This is where Pipelife Eco can start to help you upgrade your home. Our expert team will provide a full system design based on your requirements, offering you the best in terms of quality, service, professionalism, comfort and security.

From here, our professional installers will carry out the works necessary to fit your heat pump in your home, ensuring a high-quality finish and minimal disruption to your living space.

Heat Pumps​ FAQs

Yes, heat pumps are designed to operate efficiently even in cold temperatures and are suitable for the Irish climate.

Heat pumps are most efficient when operating at lower temperatures. In some cases, this may mean that you need to replace your radiators, either with energy-efficient aluminium radiators or underfloor heating. Our teams will advise on the best solution for you during the design process.

Yes, the Irish government offers a range of grants for heat pumps to ensure that you can make essential home energy upgrades in a cost efficient way.

A Monobloc heat pump is a single unit heat pump located outside your home. It heats your water outside the dwelling and sends in the warm water to heat your home. These monobloc heat pumps would be slightly cheaper to buy and install. However, the big drawback is that you are heating your water outside the house which, in winter, the heat pump will have to work harder and therefore will be more expensive to run as the water may cool down before it enters your house. A Split heat pump works differently to a monobloc heat pump mentioned above. A split heat pump, has the condenser (this collects the heat from the air) and sends in the heated gas (not water) into your house to what we call the indoor unit. (This is where the hot gas heats your water). The indoor unit also houses your hot water cylinder (water for your showers and taps). As all the heated water is contained within the building, the split systems would be considered cheaper to run.

Yes, a Midea Heat Pump can be retrofitted into older homes, especially when combined with insulation upgrades to improve overall energy efficiency. Our expert team can determine the best setup to maximise performance in your home.

Many suppliers can seem to offer cheaper solutions that ‘look’ similar. In most cases this can only be achieved by compromising on either quality or quantity: Reducing the quantity of pipe: This means you will need to pump higher temperature water to get the required heat, which pushes up your heating bills. Using cheaper imported pipe: Many pipes imported from the Far East is of questionable quality and will likely deteriorate quickly. Using undersized heat pump: It must operate at higher loads to provide the required heat, which will burn it out much sooner than its expected lifespan. Using less thermostats: This means you lose control of heating each of your rooms individually, thus compromising your comfort. Purchasing a ‘cheaper’ option can prove very costly in terms of running costs, maintenance costs and replacement costs.
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Why choose Pipelife Eco?

At Pipelife we believe in providing our customers with a one-stop-shop for complete package solutions; from market-leading products, free initial advice, through to bespoke design, final commissioning and technical support, allowing you to purchase with confidence.

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