Thinking about upgrading to a heat pump? Horgan Renewables offers a free, no-obligation consultation to assess your home, explain your options, and provide a clear quotation.

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What does retrofitting a Heat Pump mean?
Simply put, retrofitting a heat pump means installing a Heat Pump into an existing home. This Heat Pump would replace your existing gas / oil boiler and provide your home with a more energy efficient way of producing heat for your home.

Can a heat pump be used with existing radiators?
Yes, if you have radiators in your property a Heat Pump can be integrated into your system quite easily. As well as radiators, a heat pump will also work efficiently with underfloor heating.

As SEAI approved installers, Horgan Renewables will assist homeowners with full grant application for individual energy upgrade grants. This way we will ensure everything is completed correctly so you can maximise your grant and avoid delays. Book your consultation, here today.

SEAI Heat Pump System Grant – What You Can Claim?

The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) offers generous heat pump grant to help homeowners upgrade to low-carbon heating with a heat pump. These grants are designed to make renewable heating more affordable and support Ireland’s energy efficiency targets.

If you are replacing an existing fossil fuel or electric storage heating system with a heat pump, you can access up to €12,500 in total grant support for qualifying measures. This includes:

• Up to €6,500 towards the cost of the heat pump system
• Up to €2,000 towards necessary central heating upgrades (e.g., radiators or underfloor heating)
• Up to €4,000 Renewable Heat Bonus for swapping out fossil fuel heating (oil, gas, solid fuel or electric storage heating)

The total amount you get will depend on your house type and the works required. For example:

• Detached & semi-detached homes: up to €12,500
  
• Mid-terrace homes: up to €12,500
  
• Apartments: up to €9,500

Heat Pump Grant Eligibility

To be eligible for the heat pump system grant:

• You must own the property (owner-occupier, landlord, charity or company) and have a valid MPRN.
• Your home must be built and occupied before 2021.
• If your home was built before 2007 and does not have low heat loss, you may need a technical assessment (a separate €200 grant is available for this).
• Works must be carried out by an SEAI-registered contractor — we can guide you and help organise this.

Heat pumps use electrical energy and take low grade heat energy from the outdoor air, to heat refrigerant which in turn heats water for domestic use and space heating. The efficiency of a heat pump is known as the Coefficient of Performance or CoP. This is a ratio of the heat delivered to power consumed. The operation of a heat pump is similar to a refrigerator – but in reverse. This process is known as the vapour compression cycle.

At the beginning of the first phase the refrigerant is a cold low pressure liquid.

1. The refrigerant passes into the evaporator and heat energy from the outside air passes over the evaporator causing the refrigerant to increase in pressure and change to a warm vapour.

2. This warm vapour then enters the compressor where its temperature increases as a result of the compression process and turns into a hot gas.

3. The hot refrigerant gas is then condensed as it passes across one side of a plate heat exchanger. The heat is transferred to the cooler side (water side) of the heat exchanger, and this is transferred via the primary water circuit to heat up the water tank inside the property. As the temperature of the refrigerant decreases the state changes from a gas back to a cool vapour.

4. Despite dropping in temperature, the cool vapour still has a high pressure and to reduce this pressure the vapour passes through an expansion valve. This causes the pressure to drop and the temperature lowers, returning the refrigerant to its initial state of cool low pressure liquid.

This process is repeated It is only the refrigerant that passes through this cycle; the water is heated as it travels through the plate heat exchanger. The heat energy from the refrigerant passes through the plate heat exchanger to the cooler water which increases in temperature. This heated water enters the home heating circuit and can also be used to provide domestic hot water via a hot water cylinder.

To learn more about the Ecodan Heat Pump range download the brochure.

A Heat Pump service is recommended by your manufacturer and ensures your Heat Pump is in tip-top shape for the year ahead.

What’s Included in a Comprehensive Service:

• Full System Inspection
• Cleaning
• Heat Pump Wash
• Performance Testing
• Electrical & Safety Check
• Operational Assessment
• Detailed Maintenance Report

Why Service Your Heat Pump?

• Improve energy efficiency and reduce utility costs
• Keep the manufacturer’s warranty
• Extend the lifespan of your system
• Maintain consistent indoor comfort
• Lower the risk of unexpected and costly breakdowns