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Your best options
These options are likely to be the best for homes like yours.
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[.cms-scribble-short]Air source [.cms-scribble-short] [.position-relative]heat pump [.position-relative]
System
An air source heat pump uses heat from the air outdoors to warm up the water that runs through your radiators and taps.
Cost
£8,000-£15,000 (£7,500 grant available)
Recommendation
Air source heat pumps are suitable for a wide variety of homes in the UK. Your answers suggest you could consider one of these for your property.
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[.cms-scribble-long]Ground source [.cms-scribble-long] [.position-relative]heat pump with borehole[.position-relative]
System
This ground source heat pump uses underground pipework installed in a deep, but narrow, borehole to absorb heat from the ground to warm up the water that runs through your radiators.
Cost
£49,000 (£7,500 grant available)
Recommendation
Ground source heat pumps have a higher efficiency and lower running costs, making them good investments for larger homes like yours. You also have suitable outdoor space to drill the borehole.
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[.cms-scribble-short]Air-to-air [.cms-scribble-short] [.position-relative]heat pump[.position-relative]
System
An air-to-air heat pump works like air conditioning in reverse, taking cool air from outside and warming it before releasing it into your home.
Cost
£2,500 (no grant available)
Recommendation
Air-to-air heat pumps are cheaper and more simple to install than other heat pumps, making them a good option for homes with one or two bedrooms. They’re also a good option for homes without an existing wet central heating system.
[.cms-scribble-long]Shared ground [.cms-scribble-long] [.position-relative]source heat pump[.position-relative]
System
This ground source heat pump uses an array of underground pipework to absorb heat from the ground to warm up the water that runs through your radiators. This pipework is shared between different properties.
Recommendation
Ground source heat pumps are more efficient but the underground pipework is very expensive to install and it requires suitable outdoor space, making them more applicable to larger homes. Sharing the underground pipework, and costs, with your neighbours can allow homes like yours to benefit from these systems.
Other possible options
These options are technically possible in homes like yours, but they’ll either be unnecessarily complex or costly to install, or may not be the most cost-efficient to operate.
[.cms-scribble-long]Ground source [.cms-scribble-long] [.position-relative]heat pump with ground loop[.position-relative]
System
This ground source heat pump uses underground pipework laid in a shallow trench to absorb heat from the ground to warm up the water that runs through your radiators.
Cost
£17,000-£28,000 (£7,500 grant available)
Recommendation
Ground source heat pumps run more efficiently than other heat pumps, but the underground pipework is very expensive to install. Although you may have enough outdoor space for the ground loop, these high upfront costs usually make them better investments for larger homes than yours.
Not feasible for your home
It’s highly unlikely that these options will be technically possible in homes like yours.
[.cms-scribble-long]Heat network[.cms-scribble-long] [.position-relative][.position-relative]
System
Heat networks supply heating to multiple buildings or homes through a network of insulated pipes, using heat generated from various sources such as industrial waste heat or heat pumps. There are two types: district heating, which serves large areas and connects multiple buildings, and communal heating, which supplies heat to smaller developments like blocks of flats.
Recommendation
Your answers suggest that you don't live in a flat/ apartment or you don't currently have district heating, which means connecting to a heat network is unlikely to be a good option for you.