Heating · Decision Engine
Plan my heating
Heating is a heat-loss problem, not a boiler decision. This engine reads where your house sits on the Heat Loss Ladder and tells you which rung is worth spending on next.
Every heating question in a UK home sits on the same four-rung ladder; fabric, system, delivery, controls. The rung that most needs your money next depends on which of them is already carrying its share and which isn't.
We'll read what we already know about your home, ask two questions you're best placed to answer, and give you a plain recommendation with the reasoning behind it. You can save the whole thing to your Home Brief at the end.
Answer the first question above and the recommendation appears here. Nothing is submitted until you save it.
The reasoning appears here once the engine has read your answers.
If this were our house
We'd almost never buy a heating system out of order. Fabric first, then let the system decision follow; then check the delivery layer before signing the quote; then get weather compensation actually commissioned.
The homes that end up disappointed by heat pumps are almost always the ones that jumped a rung. The homes that quietly love them did the Ladder in order, however slowly.
Add this decision to your Home Brief
A saved decision is a decision you can act on ; the Brief is what you or an installer will refer back to.
Complete the read and the answer above to unlock the save.
Where next in Heating.
Heating decisions all sit on the same path, from diagnosis to a good installer.