Boiler now, heat pump later
Primary question · My boiler has failed and a heat pump is not feasible this winter. What do I install today that does not regret tomorrow?
Most UK households still need a boiler today, but installing one without thinking about the next decade can quietly write off the heat-pump option entirely. The trick is to specify the boiler and the controls so that the next system, when it comes, can drop into the same pipework and the same controls philosophy.
The boiler that does not get in the way of a future Vaillant heat pump.
The honest framework for the boiler-or-heat-pump call.
Use the next five years on the fabric, so the heat pump that follows is smaller.
If you only do one thing from this collection, do the first one. The rest compound; each step makes the next cheaper, easier or smaller.