Despite the government offering grants of £5000 to "upgrade" their heating system to a heat pump, the take up of the offer has been much lower than they hoped. The second year of the Boiler Upgrade Scheme has seen only 13,766 of the available 90,000 vouchers redeemed.
The lack of installers and the expenses associated with adequately insulating homes for heat pump readiness have been identified by experts as the primary factors responsible. I would imagine it is not only the cost, but also the major disruption of ripping out and replacing pipe work in every room. This is a massive inconvenience as well as cost.
The problem for the government is that if they have to force millions of people to replace their heating system they will become very unpopular, which is why they are trying so hard to convince them that climate change is such a danger. Unfortunately they are not winning that argument with the majority remaining sceptical.
Read the details of the scheme here:
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