Identifying The Rating of Your Existing Boiler
The newly introduced boiler scrappage scheme will see households with a G-rated boiler (the lowest efficiency level) receive £400 towards a new boiler or renewable heat unit. With new boilers costing anything between £600 and £3,000 this incentive comes as a welcome saving, but how do you find out if you have a G-rated boiler and so potentially benefit from the boiler scrappage scheme?
Full details have yet to emerge about exactly how the scheme will operate, but with an estimated £4.5m boilers in the UK being G rated, it may help to start researching your new boiler now as the £50m put aside by the Government means only 125,000 households can benefit.
The consumer reviews company Which? have a Boilers Buying Guide providing detailed reviews on 53 of the most popular central heating boilers on the market today.
Energy comparison website uSwitch calculates that a modern efficient boiler can save up to £235 a year on heating bills, meaning a new boiler along with the boiler scrappage incentive could soon pay for itself!
