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What Does the Gas Boiler Ban in 2025 Mean For You?

There's a high likelihood that you will have heard, read, or watched content pertaining to the impending ‘gas boiler ban’, however there is often a lot of confusion in the information communicated regarding this issue.

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There's a high likelihood that you will have heard, read, or watched content pertaining to the impending ‘gas boiler ban’, however there is often a lot of confusion in the information communicated regarding this issue.

We here at National Energy Direct want to set the record straight and provide you with accurate information concerning this topic and how it could actually affect you and your boiler.

What Is The Gas Boiler Ban?

The ‘ban’ on gas boilers actually only applies to new build property past 2025. The government first laid plans for this legislation in 2019, with the aim of taking the UK closer to the eventual objective of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by the year 2050.

The government wants to greatly reduce the UK’s fuel emissions with ambitions of completely decarbonising all sectors.

How Will This Affect You?

The truth is, despite the misconception that not one gas boiler will reside in the country on the 1st of Jan 2025, and if one did it would be illegal and punishable by astronomical fines, the ‘ban’ will only impact new homes.

It is still legal to buy and install new gas boilers in both existing and new properties up until 2025, and still absolutely fine to carry on doing so in existing homes past the 2025 deadline.

If the current boiler in your property is fuelled by gas, be it LPG (liquid petroleum gas) or a connection to the mains supply, you do not have to remove and dispose of it before or after 2025, as the purchase was made before the government target date.

Gas boilers are not being phased out, or production numbers being culled, manufacturers are still likely to continue their designing and rolling out of gas boilers, by far the most popular boiler type in the UK, with 78% of indoor heating being gas fuelled.

Heat Pumps, Electric & Biomass Boilers

The government has created incentive schemes to get some homeowners to make the switch from gas boilers to alternative heating systems.

These include air source heat pumps, which although are long term efficient, have a very high initial purchase price and aren’t compatible with many homes due to their insufficient insulation.

Electric boilers are very efficient in producing heat, but are expensive to run, with electricity costing almost three times that of gas in terms of a boiler fuel.

Biomass boilers present a clean alternative heating source, but their maintenance and upkeep can be quite labour intensive and requires a regular supply of good quality fuel such as wood pellets.

Also the unit price for a biomass boiler can be high compared to that of a modern gas condensing combi boiler for example.

What If There Is A Grid Switch To Hydrogen?

If the National Grid switched from natural gas to hydrogen, most modern gas boilers would still not need removing or disposing of.

This is due to the fact many modern gas condensing boilers are designed ‘hydrogen-ready’. They can already function on a hydrogen blend fuel of 80% hydrogen and 20% natural gas, and only require a minor conversion carried out by a qualified engineer to become fully adapted to a new gas.

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