> [it] become[s] cheaper than gas heating within 11 to 14 years

This a no-brainer for buildings with high energy use. But we looked into getting a heat pump last year but it doesn't pan out because our house (15 years old) has a very low energy use and we would not recover the costs (about 20K euros after subsidies) for 20+ years.

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bluGill 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Your existing system will not last forever. When you have to spend money anyway that changes things.

	▲	ndr42 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yes. It also depends on the age of your gas heating as in Germany you get 20% subsidies when your system is 20 years or older, unfortunately this subsidy decreases 3 percentage points every year so when we are due it will be about 5%.

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teachrdan 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

With any luck, oil prices will rise enough to make that conversion worthwhile!