Boiler advice

WokiFamily

Hi,

I had a local boiler company inspect my boiler on Friday. The news was what I expected the boiler is on it's last legs after 35 years of service (it's the original boiler that came with the house).

There seems to be lots of opinion in the press and about 'the green deal' and deals through energy companies but quite a lot of the info contradicts or requires you to be a low income household.

I was wondering if anyone, had secured a deal through an energy provider or a scheme that they think would be relevant for a family of three with a yearly income of £64k. Our house does not have double glazing, which is something else I need to look at in the coming months.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Best regards,

James

captainhindsight_2

The confusion over Green Deal is a lot of people who talk about it have no idea what it is.

The Green Deal is an umbrella scheme which helps people make energy efficiency improvements to their home regardless of income. It is made up of three main parts:

1. ECO part of Green Deal, which is grants and is also made up of three parts. HHCRO (means tested, mainly pays for boilers), CERO and CSCO (not means tested pays for insulation)

2. Cashback part of green deal, essentially you pay for something say a boiler and get cashback for it from DECC. This is not means tested.

3. Finance part of Green Deal, this is a loan where the repayments are limited to the savings the measure you are borrowing for makes. So say a new boiler saves you £300 a year in gas, the loan repayments cannot be higher than that £300.

There is a new cashback scheme starting in the next month or so, it will likely pay £1000 cashback to install a new boiler and new windows (+ other things but this is what you mentioned you wanted).

Then you can pay the difference with cash, green deal finance or private finance or a mixture of two or all three of them.

It doesnt matter who your energy provider is, you just need to approach a green deal company.

So first you need a green deal assessment, then some quotes from green deal installers, then if you want green deal finance you need ot go to a green deal provider.

Follow this link to take you to a list of approved companies who are part of the scheme.