The Green Deal

[Dickie]

£65 is the standard survey fee mate. I hope your not being short changed on the installs. Are you working for Solar King Q67?

 

[GQuigley67]

i think the energy assessors get roughly about that but for us that only survey the boiler its £30, and £250 a boiler, if you know anyone who is paying better than that point me in their direction lol

 

[Ray Stafford]

That said fitted 6 boilers in last 3 weeks so poss picking maybe we dont need eco or the green deal

To be honest, looking at the sum total of all government schemes over the last 10 years, I think that industry would have been better off without most of them. The only honourable exception was the boiler scrappage scheme, because the admin was minimal and every installer had a fair crack at the whip.

 

[anz]

To be honest, looking at the sum total of all government schemes over the last 10 years, I think that industry would have been better off without most of them. The only honourable exception was the boiler scrappage scheme, because the admin was minimal and every installer had a fair crack at the whip.

You've got to agree though that this ECO scheme is better than the previous Warmfront scheme, where only one company got the money.

 

[Ray Stafford]

You've got to agree though that this ECO scheme is better than the previous Warmfront scheme, where only one company got the money.

Fair point. My concern is that they hedge it round with so much admin that many of the smaller installers will be scared off. I believe that this is a deliberate tactic. It appeals to both the mandarins in Whitehall, and the "industry figures" that they consult with - which are almost exclusively the big players who have whole departments capable of dealing with it.

Its just a form of rent-seeking - it doesn't add anything for either the industry or the public - it just skews business in favour of those who have the ear of policymakers.

 

[Dickie]

Sorry Q67 I can't reply with your thread mate, on the whole this forum is dead slow, but adding a quote would take ages to load. However, if your getting £250 per swop then your doing OK. Though the money for the boiler survey is a bit light!!

This ECO scheme is funded by the gas & Leccy bill payer, with Ofgen & the big six energy companies involved. In Scotland anyway the boiler scrapage scheme was Scottish Government funded.

 

[hammers4spanner]

lets see september/ocotber time who is funding this , if our energy bills take a hike then it us who is funding the scheme

 

[tamz]

Maybe us Scots are seeing a bit sense over funding instead of the green deal
Scots offered interest-free loans for energy efficiency improvements - 02 Aug 2013 - News from BusinessGreen

I'm not sure if it will apply to boilers tho.

 

[Dickie]

Interesting find tamz.

 

[Dickie]

Oh there's no doubt we(gas & leccy bill payers) are funding the ECO scheme mate.
I'm far from a noble person & a condensing boiler will not save you a fortune in gas, but if it helps OAPs in any small way to stay warm over the winter, well I think it's a good thing.

There's an amazing number of OAPs don't have TRVs or a Room Thermostat. Which in 2013 is a complete disgrace!!