If heat pumps are part of the answer for how the UK makes a green transition, then the (next) Govt. needs to do a better job of supporting & incentivising their roll-out.
To reach the current target of 600k heat pumps installed a year by 2028, the installation rate would need to rise 11-fold... delays & shifting policy will not achieve that.
People are willing to swap but the installation is expensive.
Germany charged people €1 under a government scheme to swap.
Remove the massive installation costs and people will swap. The truth is that people are barely keeping their head above water with the running costs of gas/ oil and just don't have the money to fund the install.
Would love to see a properly costed install for my needs with a benefit to jump. Things I "hear" but have no idea on. My double glazing will need to be changed. My cavity walls will need insulating (that worries me a lot). My radiators are too small. Roof insulation is not enough. The pipes are too small. The units noisy and will wake the neighbours.
Seems a big push on some actual facts as well as a help package.
@tony@ScotInTraining@ChrisMayLA6 Thats nuts. I need the cooling these last few years. The house bakes in the hot summers, we reach 30's often indoors. I have to run an aircon on occasion. I am taping radiator insulation panels on the sun facing windows to cut the heat intake to the house. We don't seem to build for a warm climate.
Upshot though, unless there is movement, I get a new gas boiler when they are about to be banned seems the only way forward.
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