Refurbishment and Restore Issue 11 2018 | Page 54

Heat pumps, making life easy and giving you back your FREEDOM Heat pumps are funny things. If you look at them closely, no matter what brand you buy no one offers you a plug and play solution. The genius of combi boilers is that you buy a box, you fix it to the wall, connect some pipework and they work. Everything is in the box. There is no pump sizing. There are no intricate settings or wiring. Its plug and play every day. The result is that these packaged units sell in their thousands. The price falls as volumes rise and as a knock-on effect they become more and more popular. It’s very much the difference between a kit car and one built in a factory. So why do heat pumps still come in a huge pile of boxes to be assembled on site? We don’t really know! Sooooo, we have taken matters into our own hands. Here at Freedom HP we love a Samsung unit. Let’s face it we should. We introduced the UK to Samsung heat pumps. Our managing director has the oldest Samsung Monobloc in the World in his house. We wrote the book on the unit and have sold more of them than anyone else. With all of this said, the Samsung unit is like all the others; you must buy lots of accessories, pumps, valves, etc to get it to go. Our team spend our days on the phone and skype explaining to the poor engineers on site what goes where, how to wire it up and how to set the unit up so it works properly. So, a couple of years ago we introduced a Pre-wired, Pre-plumbed and Pre-set package. We worked very closely with our manufacturing partner on the design and manufacture of this cylinder to ensure that all the loose parts were bolted onto the cylinder and it was all set up before it left our warehouse in Southampton. Now your plumber and electrician can install the outdoor unit outside, put the tank on the floor, connect the interconnecting pipework and wiring, flick the switch, and you are “cooking on gas” (refrigerant gas that is!). What’s the drawback? Well there is only one drawback; we don’t get to speak to as many installers on site as it’s so cheap and easy to install. If you want an easy installation and to regain your Freedom give us a call. Tel: 02380 274833 Email: [email protected] 54 - www.refurbandrestore.co.uk