Gas Boiler Replacement
As a part of the UK government’s Energy Company Obligation (ECO) Energy grant scheme. If you receive a qualifying benefit from the government or have a health condition* and you have a Gas boiler that is over 15 years old. Then you might be eligible for grant funding for a FREE brand new A-rated energy efficient boiler replacement at no cost. A free boiler grant is funded by the UK energy companies and does not require repayment.
If you have an oil, LPG, electric boiler heating your home. A free grant is available to upgrade your heating system to a free eco friendly Air source heat pump along with free solar panels at no cost
Home Heating Cost Reduction Obligation (HHCRO)
The Home Heat Cost Reduction Obligation, also known as the HHCRO, is a government grant program. That provides free boiler replacement cost and insulation grants to homeowners, tenants, and landlords who receive certain means-tested benefits or under a flex area including health conditions. It aims to improve fuel efficiency amongst low-income households the heat is using generated in the home. As efficiently as possible and that the heat does not escape and becomes a source of pollution
Eligible
- The Child Tax Credit
- Benefits for children (with a qualifying household income)
- Tax credit for working
- Credit for pensions
- Allowance for job seekers
- The Universal Credit system
- Benefits such as employment and support allowances
- Benefits related to housing
- Or a low income household or someone whom resides in the property with a health condition
Ideally, the property should already have at least one low-efficiency boiler installed. An energy efficiency rating is giving to each boiler based on its efficiency. Most modern heat pumps can run with an efficiency of around 90% (only losing 10% of their output when converting fuel into heat). The efficiency of a boiler installed approximately 15 years ago is most likely in the range of 65-80%. The fact that this old boiler is being upgrade to a new one means that. The carbon savings will be significant enough to justify the expense, and therefore it will fall under the free boiler energy scheme.
In recent years, the free boiler scheme has reduced funding. As part of an agreement to reduce the fuel bills of utility companies to their customers. This has made it more difficult to find installers that have funding available. Particularly since most of the big six utility companies have already achieved their targets for this year. Our team believes that this trend will continue for some time yet. However, there is still a time to receiving a free boiler heating grant.
