Cherie : costs at least £10,000 for new approved Eco Boiler
[New gas boilers face BAN within
14 years... but the green-friendly alternative might not keep us warm enough (and costs at least £10,000) Ministers are discussing a cut-off date of 2035 before outlawing gas boilers The target date is to be included in new Heat and Buildings Strategy next month Comes amid concerns about impact of heating systems on the UK emissions] https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...nge-fight.html Yes Cherie the Problem with forced changes it is over priced |
Our boiler is on our last legs but I am failing to find any alternative so it looks like gas it is and 10K ... I mean...
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To be fair, you can't beat a nice coal fire. Although I assume that's a carbon no-no :joker:.
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…yeah the ‘warm enough’ thing for the proposed new methods is something that I’ve read about a little while ago…that new home insulation regulations atm wouldn’t meet what it would need to so that has to be looked at as well…it all seems a little unclear atm and very this government…we want to ban gas boilers as a target goal but we have no idea…let’s get a slogan, people .?..but only 3 words mind you ….
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These new boilers need you to drill a ****ing deep hole into the earth to provide the heat for it, so i can see that costing a few bob
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Today the Government is pushing this Very Limited
£5,000 Grant vouchers to help folks like Cherie? Only 90,000 [The government announced that the £450m Boiler Upgrade Scheme, which is part of the more than £3.9bn funding to cut carbon from heating and buildings, will be used to help it reach its target for all new heating system installations to be low carbon by 2035.] [The government insisted families will not be forced to remove their existing fossil fuel boilers.] https://news.sky.com/story/boiler-up...ilers-12437657 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58959045 https://pbs.twimg.com/card_img/14502...jpg&name=small https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cp...1235398853.jpg |
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the new 5k grant brings the price down to what a basic boiler would cost, which is much more acceptable than an interest free loan. Obviously if your house is bigger you will need a bigger heat pump in the same way you would need a bigger boiler
However, a cost that isn't even mentioned is that these new heat pumps have a requirement that your house meets a minimum insulation standard, which i'm guessing all but new builds don't come close to |
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I dont think the issue is with price, listening to people who actually have heat pumps installed they are not particularly effective, need rads twice the size of what we have now, and you can't open the windows in winter?
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But only for 90,000 over 3 years. |
I have a heat pump. I wouldn't want to go with any other source of heat now. The best thing about it is that it not only heats when it's cold... it cools when it's hot.
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I used to have ordinary white rads, now they're more like old fashioned cast radiators and we have a couple of upright radiators too, say 2m tall by .75m wide. We were quite well insulated already although we had a new front door had a new loft lid fitted. It was a bit of an upheaval getting the system fitted but it was really worth it. We have solar panels on the south side of the roof too, so our heating costs are really low. |
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£5k Grant is for England and Wales
Scotland has to find their own money bonus. |
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Energy Minister Greg Hands MP is live in Parliament
Net Zero Strategy. Both TV news Channels |
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