A ground source heat pump is like a traditional central heating boiler. But, instead of oil or gas, it uses heat from the earth.

Rather than buying fossil fuels from a supplier, you’ll be using renewable energy for your heating and hot water.

So you’ll save money on your heating bills.

And, if you have solar panels, your heat pump will use the electricity they generate to operate.

Princes LHS Ltd is a heat pump installer for customers throughout North Shropshire and the surrounding counties.

A ground source heat pump system is made up of three parts:

1. The pump itself, which sits outside at ground level
2. A heat exchanger
3. A loop of pipes buried in the ground

To absorb the heat from the earth, a mixture of water and antifreeze circulates through the underground pipes.

This warmed fluid passes through the heat exchanger and into the pump.

The pump then heats the fluid to a higher temperature and transfers it to your heating system.

You can use the heat your pump generates for your radiators, hot water or underfloor heating system.

The pump uses electricity, which can come from either mains electricity or a solar panel system.