Residents say increasing grants doesn't solve all issues with installing the devices in rural areas.
Among a range of green policy changes made by the government last month, Rishi Sunak announced grants to help people make the transition from boilers to heat pumps would be increased. But people living in rural England say the raise barely makes a dent in the expense of switching.
Properties must have an eligible Energy Performance Certificate issued in the last 10 years, with no outstanding recommendations for loft or cavity wall insulation.A well-insulated home increases a heat pump's efficiency and reduces its running costs. If a house is not well insulated, a pump can cost people more than their existing setups, according to supplier Vaillant.
As some of his walls and windows are not insulated or double-glazed, he says a heat pump wouldn't work efficiently in his home. The government's push to "convert the entire country to heat pumps" isn't a "practical proposition", he adds. "It just wasn't worth it. By the time we'd put all the costs in for the underfloor heating, somewhere to site the appliance outside… trying to coordinate activities on site with something that will marry up from a factory."
"I can't get cavity insulation because there is no cavity... There's a lot of them like that. You just can't retrofit them very easily.""They should incentivize people to try and put other measures in that reduce the amount of oil that they need to use, rather than a dramatic 'You must install a heat pump'."We've bought an old house because we don't want to have an unsightly... heat pump on the outside.
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