Winter Weather Chat

Speaker 1 0:10

Hello and welcome back to that Homelon Hub . Today I am joined by Kunj hey . Kunj , good morning . Good morning , what a crispy one , huh .

Speaker 2 0:18

Oh , so cold this whole week it has been .

Speaker 1 0:21

It's funny because it always surprises me when people go oh , it's so cold , I'm like it's winter .

Speaker 2 0:26

Yeah , but it's like minus , I think three this morning , like so icy , but I'm happy the sun's out though , so I can't complain . It's either you get rain and it's a little bit warmer , or you get the sun and it's a crisp winter morning .

Speaker 1 0:40

Nice , what I thought we should talk about , which is a huge area of interest for me and you , now that we're talking how cold it is green energy lawns , oh , yes , yes . And heat

Gas Prices and Hot Water Problems

Speaker 1 0:50

pump hot waters , because we were talking about it in the morning yes , with our plumber friend . So let's address this issue , yeah , okay . So my problem is I've noticed the gas prices have increased , like three times since last year .

Speaker 2 1:06

Yeah , they have definitely increased .

Speaker 1 1:08

I love cooking with gas and I love my nonstop hot showers . Yes , until the gas water , the gas bottles run out and I find myself in the middle of a shower with cold water .

Speaker 2 1:22

Because you're on bottled gas whereas we're on supplied gas constantly , so we don't have that issue of running out .

Speaker 1 1:33

Yes , I had bad luck For the last three houses that we've built . We were one of the first houses in that subdivision and somehow they didn't have natural gas , so we had to get bottled gas .

Speaker 2 1:43

Such a pain , three times Such a pain , when you forget you're running low and then you have cold showers .

Speaker 1 1:50

Yes , so what usually happens is I operate on one bottle in , one bottle

Heat Pump Hot Water Explained

Speaker 1 1:54

out , so there's always two bottles , but somehow we managed to run out of two bottles at once . I don't know how that happened . I ordered one over two weeks ago and it took a very long time to be delivered Two weeks , what the hell ? Yeah , and that's what started making me think that is there another alternative ?

Speaker 1 2:13

Yeah , yeah . So when I started looking into it , apparently there is a new product called Heat Pump Hot Water , yes , yes , what do you know about it so far ?

Speaker 2 2:22

Well , I don't know too much . I just had a quick chat with the plumber that you just had on the previous episode , and so basically what he was saying is it's Heat Pump Hot Water Cylinder , so it's heated up by a heat pump so it will run on electricity rather than running on the gas side of things , however , the input of power you put in , you get more litres of hot water coming out of that cylinder so it can heat 10 times as much hot water than a normal cylinder can using less power . Is basically my summary of the conversation I just had with a plumber .

Speaker 1 3:06

That I didn't really understand , but yeah , and that's the point right , because a lot of people that are listening to our show are everyday folks like you and I and they're not really specialists . And look , guys , if you've got any comments about this , please feel free to reach out to us . But our understanding is the heat pump hot water is the way to go and it is eligible for those green home loans . So a lot of banks are offering 0% and 1% home

Cost and Green Home Loan Benefits

Speaker 1 3:30

loans and you can borrow money to get it installed .

Speaker 1 3:33

So , a quick quote by Google tells me that Bunnings even sell those products . Oh wow , you can buy a unit between $6,000 to $8,000 . And the installation of it could be between $4,000 to $6,000 as well , so under $12,000 to $15,000 . And apparently you can make your money back within two years . Yeah , by saving on power costs , by saving on power costs , by saving on power costs and also by saving money on rising gas . Yeah .

Speaker 2 3:57

Well , hence why you can get the energy or green loan from the banks , because it's obviously an energy efficient product . So anything that is going to be energy efficient or , you know , make New Zealand more green , then the banks are backing that side of things with the 0% or the 1% side of things . So if you are thinking about upgrading your heating or hot water system at home , there are loans out there at really good rates for you to tap into .

Speaker 1 4:30

And if you don't want to get caught out in the middle of your shower , like I did , by cold water springing upon you .

Speaker 2 4:37

That's Zipaniso style , right there .

Speaker 1 4:40

Definitely a huge bonus to you . So that was the episode about the heat pumps versus gas , hot water yeah , efficiencies , costs , and yeah , just guys , go and do some research , apparently we are running out of gas . And yeah , just guys , go and do some research , apparently we are running out of gas . So in the next , you know , 20 years to 30 years , the gas will just continue to increase in cost . There are ways for you to save money .

Final Thoughts on Future Energy

Speaker 2 5:04

And there are loans to support you by upgrading as well .

Speaker 1 5:08

Yeah , why not Awesome ? Thank you , Kunj . Thank you Bye .