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A heat pump is £10k to buy and install, that ain't cheap. In fact that would buy me enough wood to heat my house for 50 winters.
Deep down you really know that it would only last you like 7 years including the cost of buying and installing a fireplace. Then you gotta pay for a shed/cover to keep the wood dry and storage of it for at least a year.
Nope.
Fireplace is a mistake - it will make most of the house colder. What you want is a wood stove, and a simple metal chimney is much cheaper than the brick one you're imagining.
Also, a shed isn't needed - make a round pile (shaker pile or holzhauzen) and shingle it with the bark (or a tarp if you're lazy). Drying takes 6-9 months, not a year, but I like not to be rushed so I try to keep two piles - one I'm building over the warm months, and when the cold months come I pull from the other that had a year to season.
As for space, they don't take much. A 6' tall cylinder with a 5'' radius holds about 4 cords once the cone on top is taken into account. I find a 4' radius easier to manage, but that's closer to 2.5 cords.
Nope not thinking of an old style one. That sound like so much effort. I would rather press a button to have the hear come on. And if is too hot. Press a button to turn it off. And also not need any space for a pile of wood
Then you’re paying for convenience, not heating. Whole different ballgame.
Playing less money and the convenience to have my whole house heated! Ofcourse!
Less money over 10 or 20 years sure. Short term you're paying way more.
If I had 20k EUR to spend, I'd get a heat pump too. Unfortunately I’m stuck with my 40 year old furnace that’s completely manual. If I were to replace the whole thing with an automatic modern one that burns pellets, it’d be under 10k, and a regular one maybe 5k.
I do have an air source heat pump but that is more of a supplemental heater and summertime cooler. I'd need 5 of these to heat the whole house and my electric bill would far exceed what I spend on briquettes for the winter.