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UK government scraps plan to ban sale of gas boilers by 2035 | Green building
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this post was submitted on 28 Jan 2025
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Than you don't have a clue. Unrealistic targets are demotivating and counterproductive - why to try if you don't have a chance to hit it?
Targets should be realistically achievable with the best effort. This one never was.
10 years to say no new boilers can be installed is not unrealistic. All you need to have is a good supply of an alternative and a supply of maintenance parts for current boilers. You can set that up in 5 years.
Says who? At the moment replacing of the boiler is a couple of grand. Replacing it with a heat pump means replacing boiler, radiators and insulating home. It is completely unrealistic.
In 25 years of house owning I've never had to replace a boiler. Service...yes. Repair...yes. Never replace. I've even had boilers that are no longer made due to safety regs changing.
Nobody is telling people to rip out their boilers.
I had to. And I wouldn't be able to replace with the heat pump without thoroughly insulating the house and replacing all the radiators.