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Comment on Energy bills in Great Britain forecast to jump by £276 a year from January
HerbGrower@slrpnk.net 2 days ago
The increase is tiny if you electrify your home which I did immediately on buying it. Replaced the entire central heating system including the pipes and radiators. Was like £7k after the grant.
thomas@feddit.uk 2 days ago
HerbGrower@slrpnk.net 2 days ago
The whole central heating system. So remove boiler, all hot water pipes, all radiators. Install heat pump, new hot water pipes, new radiators, hot water tank.
Old radiators and pipes were really bad and inefficient so even if I got a new gas boiler they should have been replaced either way.
thomas@feddit.uk 2 days ago
Sounds like a massive job. I just bought an old house and replacing the sprawling pipe layout would make me die inside. Luckily it has a newish thermal store for a biomass(!) boiler.
HerbGrower@slrpnk.net 1 day ago
Well every room had several floorboards lifted for it but I just got to sit back and watch them do it. Part of the benefit that it was a newly bought house, didn’t care about the carpets as we were replacing them and used them to catch paint splatter from our painting at the same time they were doing the pipework.
Said they can just flop the carpets back vaguely where they were but don’t bother putting them in properly.
matelt@feddit.uk 1 day ago
I guess if you can afford a house and 7k in upgrades this increase isn’t probably have a significant impact on your finances. Good for you though, this is the way to go with renewables getting better and better.
HerbGrower@slrpnk.net 1 day ago
The alternative was no heating. The boiler was fucked, radiators were shit and the pipework was mostly clogged microbore. Got a couple of home improvements in the process as well and because it was all part of an eco friendly install everything was VAT free.
Just checked the quotes I had for it, there was very little price difference between getting a new heat pump or a new gas boiler, large part because all the heat pump install stuff was no VAT and the grant covering most of the cost.