Warmed by the earth
Oct 01, 2021
3 minutes
Feature REBECCA FOSTER
the soil maintains a fairly consistent temperature of around 10ºC and is unaffected by cold weather. Powered by electricity, a ground-source heat pump (GSHP) extracts warmth from the earth using collecting pipes buried below the surface. A setup with pipework laid in trenches at a depth of around 1m is the most common option, but if there is a lack of sufficient space on the plot, a vertical borehole
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