The heating decisions that shape the next decade of your home.
Gas boilers are on the way out. Heat pumps are on the way in. Underfloor heating, smart controls and well-designed radiators are quietly making both work harder. Here's how to choose without regretting it.
Warmer homes, lower bills, fewer emissions.
The cheapest heating system is the one that actually fits your home, your insulation, and the way you live in it. Pick wrong and you'll feel it twice; once in the comfort, once in the bill. Pick well and you'll forget the system is even there.
How heating works
Heat leaves through every uninsulated surface; the loft, the walls, the gaps round doors and windows. Any new heating system you specify before you slow that loss has to fight it forever.
First, the heat that is leaving
Heat leaves through every uninsulated surface; the loft, the walls, the gaps round doors and windows. Any new heating system you specify before you slow that loss has to fight it forever.
Then, the system to refill it
Once the fabric is doing its share, the system can be smaller, gentler and cheaper to run. A heat pump on a properly insulated home rarely needs to work hard.
Finally, the controls that fine-tune it
Sensible zoning and a weather-aware thermostat keep each room where you want it, and stop the boiler or pump from chasing temperatures it was never asked to hit.
The cheapest heating system is the one that actually fits your home, your insulation, and the way you live in it.
Inside this hub
Flagship tool
Heat Pump Planner
Right-size the unit, see installed cost after the £7,500 grant, and compare running costs to your current boiler.
Read first
Heat Pumps; the honest case
How they work, where they shine, where they don't, and the questions to ask a surveyor.
Compare
Heat pump vs gas boiler
Side-by-side on install, running cost, comfort and carbon.
See it built
Project library
Common UK install patterns; the brief, the kit, the cost band.
Real prices
Cost intelligence
Independent UK price ranges, sourced from industry data; not RRPs.
Where to start.
Heat Pumps
Three units of heat for every unit of electricity. The £7,500 grant softens the install. The full picture: when they work, when they don't, and what to spec.
Boilers
Gas, oil and hybrid options for the homes where a heat pump doesn't yet make sense. How to buy without overpaying, and how to plan for the eventual switch.
Underfloor Heating
The natural partner for heat pumps and the comfort upgrade most renovators wish they'd specified earlier. Wet vs electric, retrofit vs new build.
Decide with data.
Home Comfort Score
Cost Database
Project Library
Score your home and see what heating actually suits it.
Your next step
Take the next step.
Every tool quietly contributes to Your Home so the next recommendation is sharper than the last.
Plan it
Heat Pump Planner
Right-size the unit, see installed cost after the £7,500 grant, and compare running costs to your current boiler.
Closely related to what you're looking at.
Home Comfort Score
A 3-minute assessment scoring heating, cooling, air quality and efficiency; and a plan for what to fix first.
Closely related to what you're looking at.
Understand it
Heat Pumps; the honest case
How they work, where they shine, where they don't, and the questions to ask a surveyor.
Closely related to what you're looking at.
Boilers; buying without overpaying
Gas, oil and hybrid options for the homes where a heat pump doesn't yet make sense.
Closely related to what you're looking at.
Underfloor Heating
The natural partner for heat pumps. Wet vs electric, retrofit vs new build.
Closely related to what you're looking at.
Compare
Why it matters