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'Heat pumps are the new Betamax – I'm sticking with gas'

Despite plans to phase out gas boilers, households are reluctant to pay for 'green' alternatives

ByTom Haynes8 June 2022 • 12:00pm

The cost of installing a heat pump is so high households are left with no choice but to replace gas boilers like-for-like CREDIT: TMG

Households are replacing broken gas boilers like-for-like rather than opting for newer and greener technology – despite the Government's promotion of heat pumps.

Nearly two in five British people would simply replace a broken gas boiler, while just 12pc would opt for an air or ground source heat pump, according to research by law firm Shakespeare Martineau. Households put off by the high installation costs are concerned heat pumps will be replaced by a cheaper alternative before gas boilers are banned.

Jim Woodley, from south London, replaced his boiler in January with another, fearing it was "too early" to switch to heat pumps. He said: "Gas boilers still have a lot of life in them. I have a feeling that heat pumps will go the way of Betamax video and something else will come in and replace them."

The Government’s “Boiler Upgrade Scheme” offers households £5,000 grants to help switch to heat pumps – but more than half of those surveyed by Shakespeare Martineau were unaware the offer even existed. DT.