Dimplex - Grand designs for Dimplex heat pumps
Dimplex heat pumps are at the heart of a ‘Grand
Designs’ style barn conversion that’s transformed a
country cowshed into a stylish and contemporary, energy
efficient family home.
Set in the Heart of England, overlooking the rolling
Northamptonshire countryside, the £1.2million conversion
is designed for optimum energy efficiency and solar
gain, with two S1 11MSR ground source heat pumps
providing the energy for the underfloor heating system
and the hot water.
The house, completed in spring 2007, was designed to
meet the high specifications of its owner Katy Miller,
who drew on her previous experience in property
restoration to draw up demanding design criteria. Not
only did it need to provide high levels of energy
efficiency, it needed to combine the best of old and new
for a super contemporary feel, using elements such as
the original steel structures of the cowshed, plus a new
glass and oak feature wall.
The two heat pumps were installed by Dimplex-approved
installer partner, Cardiff-based WDS Environmental. They
provide all the power for the underfloor heating and the
hot water for the 4-bedroom property, drawing on energy
extracted from four 100 metre-deep boreholes concealed
within the two acres of garden.
Two 11kW output Dimplex heat pumps were needed to supply
the power demanded by the 3,100 square ft property and
up to 75% of the property’s energy for heating and hot
water is effectively free.
Unusually, the property’s design has a central ‘plant
room’ which cleverly conceals and hides all the
essential services and controls for the barn. Due to the
property’s design, the plant room’s height goes up to
the apex of the barn and the use of floor space has been
kept to a minimum by mounting the hot water and buffer
tanks above the actual heat pump units.
“I started the project with a very specific set of
objectives and had done extensive research into energy
saving initiatives which confirmed that ground source
heat pumps were a natural choice for all sorts of
reasons including the availability of garden space,
topped with the reassurance that Dimplex has over 25
years’ experience in the market,” explains Katy Miller.
“The children just love the underfloor heating and even
though the heat pumps are actually in the centre of the
house, there’s no noise. Our neighbours and friends all
seem to want heat pumps and I’ve been so delighted with
WDS and Dimplex, that two more orders are already on
their way from people I know!” she adds.
A central external courtyard is a major focal point of
the house, with rooms overlooking it and views to the
garden which has been designed by acclaimed garden media
personality and Chartered Landscape Architect, Bunny
Guinness.
Email:
marketing@glendimplex.com
Arundel Jones Associates Ltd
Hill Farm, Linton Hill, Maidstone, Kent ME17 4AL
Tel : 01622 745333
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