Air Source Heat Pumps are the future of heating and hot water in our homes with the UK government establishing a ban on new gas boiler sales to take effect in 2025.

ASHP are incredibly efficient at taking small amounts of energy and turning it into large amounts of heat – they effectively work in the opposite way to a refrigerator. One unit of electrical energy can create up to 4 units of heating energy – as a comparison a boiler takes 1 unit of energy and creates only 0.9 units of heat.

While electricity costs more than gas, electricity is a renewable energy source so over the long term, the prices will be more stable than gas which will eventually run out. If you have solar panels, an ASHP system allows you to use your own free energy from your panels to provide heat and hot water for free also!

By 2050 the country will run on a zero net emissions and 87% of UK households will have an ASHP installed so now is the time to take advantage of government grants and prepare your home for a low energy future.