By installing a heat pump in his house in the hills of Oslo, Oyvind Solstad killed three birds with one stone, improving his comfort, finances and climate footprint.

Heat pumps can’t take the cold? Nordics debunk the myth::By installing a heat pump in his house in the hills of Oslo, Oyvind Solstad killed three birds with one stone, improving his comfort, finances and climate footprint.

  • douglasg14b@lemmy.worldEnglish
    111·
    1 year ago

    I got a quote in rural America for a single room minisplit, $10,300.

    Absolutely bonkers.

    • Dozzi92@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      That is absolutely bonkers. I put one in myself for my one room garage that I converted to a place to hang. Cost 720$ after tax for a Pioneer mini split. It’s entering its third year in use and I love it. That being said, I wouldn’t be so risky as to put my own in when its task was heating or cooling my home. Just my garage is my problem, the rest is my family, and so I paid. But I got a whole home solution, two floors, Carrier units, for about $15k.

      I believe what you’re looking for is out there and not ridiculous price.

    • Calavera@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      The guy you quoted just want to make his monthly paycheck on you alone, because that’s way over anything reasonable

    • NotSoCoolWhip@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      1 year ago

      Also in rural America. How did you get someone not to laugh at you when you asked? God I fucking hate the small mindedness around me, but I couldn’t stand the city either. I cannot find someone to put one in my house so I’m going to have to install it myself next summer.