How to make the heat-pump transition take off | Letters

Denise Griffin would like to see a practical plan for town and country. Mark Vernon calls for a communal system I have a heat pump (Letters, 5 January). It’s not much use to me today as the electricity is out because of the bad weather, my house is beyond cold and what I’d give for a fire – at least I could burn furniture to keep my family warm!Our heat pump has broken down on several occasions and no local plumber can deal with it – as they don’t know how &nda