Bought a house which has no heating system. Grants?

diggingdude

YorkshireTeaDrinker said:

diggingdude said:

How were you originally planning on heating the house? 

Buying a new combi boiler and installing central heating myself.
Hadn’t considered the possibility of a grant towards the cost of the boiler, but if one is available then I’d definitely claim it, every little helps....

You might be best installing it yourself. The green scheme that was announced the other month might be an option, I was under the impression anyone doing one of the the main jobs they require could get up to £5k towards it 

coachman12

Seems strange not to think about all the 2/3 months work needed, what the renovation costs would be and what grants might be available when you say they are all a "bit of a minefield"  

anselld

YorkshireTeaDrinker said:

Caz3121 said:

YorkshireTeaDrinker said:

Thanks, however, as mentioned, looking at those links, it appears you need to claim certain benefits, which we don’t.

The article says
"If you're not on benefits, you can still get up to a maximum of £5,000 per household, though it will only cover up to two-thirds of the costs."

Yes it does, sadly, going through the eligibility checker it doesn’t allow us any contribution towards a heating system. 

It does if you choose a low-carbon heating system.

AdrianC

YorkshireTeaDrinker said:

A neighbour mentioned there were grants to cover the entire cost of a hydrogen heating system, but she was a bit sketchy on the details.

There is no such thing as a heating system fuelled by hydrogen.
It is being waved around as a possible system-wide change for the current mains gas network, but it is a LONG way off, if it ever happens.

From this spring:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/mar/21/is-hydrogen-the-solution-to-net-zero-home-heating

dimbo61

Ground source heat pumps are very expensive to install if you have a good size garden and if it's a small garden/yard then drilling down is the only option which costs even more.
It's a complex scheme the green grant and you need to jump through lots of hoops !
Better to consider the Which best buy boilers Bosch or Vailliant and gas central heating.
New double glazing, loft/floor and cavity wall insulation.
If anything clever it would be a loft system that draws out stale warm air and warms up clean fresh air that is pumped around the house.
Reduces mould and damp.

Davesnave

When you take on a renovation it's often pot luck what you may receive in the way of 'eco-help,' especially if it's a self building job that may run to years.Offers change. 

For us, it was 3 years of work, but very early on we ruled out a lot of the fancy stuff like GSHP  and pellet boilers, realising the pay back would take a long time and things looked more bleeding edge than leading edge around here! Dodgy dealers were common. A friend bought a ASHP system that never worked properly. She won her case against the firm in court, but winning there is not enough if the firm dissolves/has no assets.

Things have settled-down a little now, but with oil currently at 28p/litre and wood very cheap for us, we've no regrets. As we receive no benefits, the only grant we were able to find was for free loft insulation through an energy company meeting its commitments. That was done very well and we did save some cash. We accepted from the outset that this place would be uncomfortable until we fixed it, cold while there were damn great holes everywhere and the improvements probably ours to fund. That's pretty much how it turned-out too.

Mutton_Geoff

dimbo61 said:

If anything clever it would be a loft system that draws out stale warm air and warms up clean fresh air that is pumped around the house. Reduces mould and damp.

Normal ventilation helps reduce mould and damp. These heat exchangers are a waste of money in the average leaky "doer upper". They work well in only highly insulated air sealed modern new builds.

pinkteapot

coachman12 said:

Seems strange not to think about all the 2/3 months work needed, what the renovation costs would be and what grants might be available when you say they are all a "bit of a minefield"  

OP says they’d always planned to spend 2-3 months doing the house up and that’s what they’re doing. They’d budgeted for a heating system and only found out later that grants exist. Of course they want to know if they’re eligible so are asking the question - this is MSE after all!