Interesting point. Hadn’t even considered the cumulative noise issue. I imagine heat pumps will get quieter, but initially at leat you’re right, they could be a real issue in terraced properties, for example.
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_xDEADBEEF@lemm.ee 3 months agoIf all my neighbours had heatpumps installed the noise would drive me mad. I don’t think my sanity would last due to lack of sleep.
Houses where i am are so close together.
YungOnions@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 3 months ago
This is definitely part of the heat pump push that I am not looking forward to.
ASHPs do make noise, badly installed they make more, and more vibration.
I forsee lots of painful battles between council departments trying to push for ASHPs, and noise complaints.
My solution is to move to a detatched house eventually, as I can’t see it going well at all!
Wanderer@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Something wrong with whatever heatpumps you’ve seen.
_xDEADBEEF@lemm.ee 3 months ago
All of them? Sure, some were clearly rattly old things with knackered bearings, but they are not silent and stick out like a sore thumb when they click on at night.
But im sure I’ll be told my experiences are wrong.
Wanderer@lemm.ee 3 months ago
I lived in a campsite with an old 9kw heat pump and I couldn’t tell if it was on from the other side of the garden (which was as long as the house). Anything that is mechanical and moves got a chance of making a noise but it doesn’t mean all of them do. We also had one inside the house for thr hot water and when they was new I had to open the door to the utilities room to even know it was on.
All you can hear is a fan spinning.
_xDEADBEEF@lemm.ee 3 months ago
maybe i got lucky to somehow hear them over my tinnitus. and no, if you live around them long enough, its not just a fan spinning (which will get noisy over time when they get manky and imbalanced, which in turn causes secondary vibrations). personally, i prefer air to air heatpumps i had when i lived in nz. not the noisy bastards i put up with in sweden.
that said, despite my hearing loss and tinnitus, i can pick up on annoying sounds nobody notices until i point them out.