PAUL Heat Recovery

I have chosen a heat recovery system for our partial home refurbishment for two reasons: (a) to allow us to have a completely sealed building envelope without the need for trickle vents in the windows and (b) to have an effectively ventilated space without at the same time wasting the heat energy of the extracted air. The system worked wonderfully. Visitors remark how fresh and airy the new areas are without knowing why. Compared to rooms in the old part of the house, which don’t have the ventilation with heat-recovery system, the new areas have a fantastic feel of freshness about them. Gone is all the stuffiness from before. Heat recovered from extracted air now partially heats a large room upstairs in the new part of the house. Together with south-facing roof lights this mean that this room requires no heating until outside temperatures get close to freezing. Although, I need to add that we also took great care with insulation when designing the new parts of the house. The cost of the system is not negligible, but given all the benefits well worth the outlay. We could not be happier with the results

I would highly recommend this to anyone who is looking to start a new build or embark on a major refurbishment.

In addition working with Paul Heat Recovery Scotland was very straightforward and professional. From initial scoping and quoting to installation and hand-over the service was first class – truly professional. We are very happy that we handed this part of the project entirely and completely to this supplier. I would not have trusted our main contractor to do this themselves, bearing in mind that this is a technically very sophisticated solution and that requires expert installation. Installation costs were very reasonable, though.

I am very pleased this retro-fit MVHR installation has brought as a part of a life-long healthier environment.

Many thanks – it’s been a very positive experience working with you!

"When the Passivhaus Trust were doing the three months of complex calculations to work out whether our proposed bungalow could be made to reach their standards and become the first in the world off-site factory built bungalow, to be erected in a site 100m up, in Inverness (further North than Moscow) facing North, they insisted it must have a Paul Novus 300 as it was the most efficient being able to recover 94.6% of the heat and add it to fresh, purified air quietly pumped into the bedrooms and front room.

Now it is built we are living our dream, with a simple control panel that allows us, when we have showers, or do the laundrey to turn it to "boost", which quickly removes the extra steam, before automatically, after 15 minutes, reverting to the previous speed. If we have visitors we can press a button and gently it will turn slightly up, if we are going to be out or on holiday another button turns it to a programme that turns it on for short periods to remove any dampness but save energy. We find it simple, fool proof and giving us such a wonderful environment to enjoy."

Thank you very much for your service, the system works very well: we can definitely see the difference!

VENTILATION SYSTEM - so far very impressive.  There are no smells lingering in the house ever, whether it be a good or bad smell! Air is noticeably always fresh, clean feeling. House always feels dust free. Air never feels humid or dry just consistently pure. This has made a real difference in our every day life and that's just three weeks in.