Heating System Recommender

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Step 1

Your heating requirement

This controls the capacity-price band before any other extras are added.

Peak heating power needed

Step 2

Current heating & grant questions

Property locationCurrent heatingMains gas connection?Project type

Why this matters

BUS eligibility and the temporary off-gas uplift depend on these answers.

Step 3

Hot water & existing heating

Should the new system heat hot water?Hot-water cylinder Do not count a small tank in the attic/loft. We mean the large cylinder that stores hot water for taps and showers.Radiators or wet underfloor heating already fitted?Radiators already known to need replacing

Illustration can be added later

This will show a hot-water cylinder, a loft/header tank and a gas combi boiler side by side.

Step 4

Space & access

Space for an outdoor air-source unit?Land for horizontal ground loops We will show an indicative land guide from your heat requirement.Borehole drilling access Suitable stream/lake/substantial water source?Difficult installation access

Step 5

Electricity supply

Supply typeHow to check: look near the meter/service head. One main service fuse is normally single phase; three-phase supplies normally have three service fuses or 3-phase/400V markings. Do not remove covers or touch sealed equipment.

Fuse-box/service-head image can be added later

This will be clearer with a labelled example of single-phase and three-phase arrangements.

Step 7

Current heating cost, savings & finance

Enter what you use and spend now. We will compare useful heat, estimated heat-pump electricity, annual saving and whether that saving could repay the post-grant installation cost.

Annual heating-fuel use

kWh/yr

Current annual heating cost

Current system efficiency Electricity price

p/kWh

Loan / finance APR

% APR

Enter annual usage and cost

These two values are needed for running-cost and payback estimates.

Step 8

Backup, budget & final result

Keep existing fossil-fuel heating as backup?A fossil-fuel hybrid arrangement can prevent the BUS assumption used here.Maximum budget before grants (optional)

How long do you expect to remain in the property?The recommendation should not rely on savings that occur after you expect to move. How important is financial value?This changes the ranking, not just the financial score shown. How would you fund the post-grant cost?The adviser will not treat a very long theoretical loan as affordable when borrowing is uncertain or unavailable.

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Find the best low-bill heating system for your home

Your heating requirement

Current heating & grant questions

Hot water & existing heating

Space & access

Electricity supply

What matters to you?

Current heating cost, savings & finance

Backup, budget & final result

Heating System Recommender

Your heating requirement

Current heating & grant questions

Hot water & existing heating

Space & access

Electricity supply

What matters to you?

Current heating cost, savings & finance

Backup, budget & final result

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