Heat pumps in Santa Maria del Camí,
working to your timetable.

Your day in Santa Maria

When the house is empty all day, the savings are in the schedule

If your mornings start on the Ma-13 or on the Inca train, which stops right in the village, your home may sit empty for eight or ten hours. Heating every room for nobody wastes energy; letting it go cold and then running the unit flat out in the evening is no better. The sweet spot is a proper schedule.

Spain's energy agency, the IDAE, puts the effect of each degree on the thermostat at roughly 7% of heating and cooling consumption. So rather than on and off, we set two or three levels a day: a lower one while you are out, a comfort setting (the IDAE considers 19-21 °C enough) shortly before you arrive, and a night-time one, when 15-17 °C is plenty in bedrooms.

Underfloor heating: plan ahead

A heated slab is slow. It takes hours to warm up and hours to cool down, so you do not switch it off when you leave: you hold a moderate set-point and programme the rise well in advance. The upside is that it runs on low-temperature water, exactly where a heat pump is at its most efficient.

Radiators or fan coils: respond fast

These emitters react within minutes, so a deeper daytime set-back works, followed by a short boost before you get home, adjustable from your phone if your plans change.

Hot water: make it in daylight

A heat pump performs better the milder the outdoor air. Heating the cylinder in the early afternoon instead of the small hours helps, and if you have solar panels it matches their output too. More on that under solar panels in Santa Maria del Camí.

Every house is different

From village terraces to country estates: three ways to fit it

In the village: little space, street frontage

Terraced houses with thick stone walls that hold heat, and small patios. We look for a spot for the outdoor unit in the back patio or on the roof, away from the neighbours' windows; if the façade is the only option, the Ajuntament is consulted first. For example, the Daitsu Multi-Hybrid AOHD 40 lists a sound pressure of 55 dB(A), a figure that matters when choosing a place in an enclosed courtyard.

On country estates: goodbye heating oil

Out among the almond trees and the Binissalem DO vineyards, many houses still run an oil boiler, a tank and radiators. The heat pump replaces the boiler for heating and hot water. If the radiators were sized for very hot water, a room or two may need a larger emitter; the room-by-room calculation shows it, and big houses are usually best split into zones.

In newer developments: get it right on paper

In semi-detached houses and villas such as those in Son Bieló or Can Borralló, the sensible route is to design underfloor heating from the start, size the hot-water cylinder for the family who will live there and leave space and conduits ready for solar.

Underfloor heating only heats. In summer the same unit drives fan coils or ducts (or you add air conditioning). Cooling through the floor exists, but we don’t offer it in Mallorca: with the humidity here, a cold floor condenses.

When we finish

What you are left with on the last day

An installation registered with the Industry department under the RITE, with the certificate we sign as the thermal installer, and a schedule set up together with you: when you leave, when you return, the temperature for each part of the day and how to change it from your phone.

Servicing as often as the RITE requires or, if the manufacturer asks for more, as often as the manufacturer says. We work with every brand and choose the unit for your house; the full technical guide is at heat pumps in Mallorca.

To get started, send us photos of your current boiler or system, where the unit could go and the size of the house. We reply within 24-48 hours on working days.