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Replacing an existing heating system with an air source heat pump can seem like a daunting prospect, especially in an older property. We wondered whether it would even be possible in our home. Looking back, we're glad we made the change. Here's our experience. Our Home We live in a stone cottage that is around 120 years old, with thick solid walls. Extensions built in the late 20th and early 21st centuries used modern insulating materials, so the house is a mixture of traditi

Overview This document sets out a range of government hopes and aims that can be categorised in four main areas: to make the cost of heating more affordable, to create jobs, to speed up the rate at which buildings can be made more thermally efficient and to insulate Britain from the fluctuations of the international fossil fuels market. It outlines what the government has done and is doing and the policy changes through which it hopes to achieve more. The government notes tha