People say heat pumps don't work in older houses. But Tim Adams has proved them wrong – and all it took was thousands of pounds and two years of tweaking. Now he saves £5 a week. It'll pay for itself by the time he's 107.
Gas boilers are to be banned in most new homes by 2027 as part of legislation being brought forward by the Government requiring new-builds to be only fitted out with electric heat pumps or non-gas alternatives.
Two people have been killed in a house explosion reportedly caused when a heat pump borehole released methane gas at a nearby property.
Heat-pump sales in Europe plummeted by 47% in the first half of the year, as the price of gas dropped, the cost of living rose and fewer households switched from gas boilers.
The problem with heat pumps is they're fundamentally uneconomic, and no amount of shifting the costs around can hide that, says Andrew Montford. So beware the Government's latest bait-and-switch ruse to get you to buy one.
Green Party leader Carla Denyer has admitted that she still has a gas boiler despite her party’s commitment to reach Net Zero by 2040.
The heat pump rollout is failing because people don't want them, the National Audit Office has warned. In 2022, gas boiler installations outnumbered heat pumps 27 times over.
Homeowners face being hit with a 'boiler tax' of around £120 per boiler as manufacturers attempt to offset the cost of the fines imposed by Government to coercively push the heat pump rollout.
Scots are to be forced to rip out their gas boilers and replace them with heat pumps within as little as two years of buying a home under "hugely expensive" plans unveiled by Humza Yousaf's Government.
A secondary school has been told to remove its heat pumps after residents complained the system is so loud they are unable to open windows or go outside without being disturbed.
