Just heard on the news about the Uk's ambitious climate change targets, of which one of them was to scrap gas boilers by 2050.
On one hand its 30 years into the distant future but on the other there's still the question of system design, as I understand it new boilers, air source for example work at lower temperatures so require larger pipe work or underfloor heating.
It made me think of a a current job I'm pricing, the house is 30 years old designed with conventional radiators, the customer asked me about replacing the boiler with a more modern technology but I don't think the existing system would work with an air source boiler so your looking at a full re-pipe or installation of underfloor heating through out. The look on the guys face was a picture, its just not practical to start lifting all the floors and fully redesigning the heating system.
Steadily hearing more and more about scrapping gas boilers but I'm not hearing about a replacement non gas boiler that would retrofit into our old heating systems.
Thoughts....
On one hand its 30 years into the distant future but on the other there's still the question of system design, as I understand it new boilers, air source for example work at lower temperatures so require larger pipe work or underfloor heating.
It made me think of a a current job I'm pricing, the house is 30 years old designed with conventional radiators, the customer asked me about replacing the boiler with a more modern technology but I don't think the existing system would work with an air source boiler so your looking at a full re-pipe or installation of underfloor heating through out. The look on the guys face was a picture, its just not practical to start lifting all the floors and fully redesigning the heating system.
Steadily hearing more and more about scrapping gas boilers but I'm not hearing about a replacement non gas boiler that would retrofit into our old heating systems.
Thoughts....
