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UK warm homes plan - how can it be delivered?

 
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Topic starter 17/05/2026 5:57 pm   [#3003]

@editor Sobering thoughts on your article on the workforce shortages in the heatpump transition. Almost 100k including new build is very far from where we should be..  

My anecdotal evidence on the labour side is plentiful. From enquiry and planning stage (that we are personally going through) to the cases that we keep seeing being reported in the forums. The effect of the skill and labour shortages is very obvious. 

On the regulatory side, we are personally benefitting from some good steps taken to reduce the uncertainty on permitted development and locating a heat pump. As new models are quieter and more pleasing to the eye, this can help stimulate demand as it would allow large parts of the housing stock to be retrofit more quickly. 

There still is a lot more than could be done to reduce the burden on installers to notify/apply to DNO, building control, etc. I am no expert, but could some of these things only be justifiable during the initial tentative deployment and a different approach possible when it is being deployed at larger scale?

Like how many risk management layers are required to check whether a heat pump, a device typically using 2kW can be safely fit in a home served by a 60A fuse (I am assuming this is the lowest in a typical house)? Electricians are in short supply to install EV chargers and all that. There must be a way to reduce the burden of all this HP related paperwork.. Some of it is not regulatory, like the concept that we need a qualified electrician to run some comms cables for pump controls may deserve scrutiny... 


8kW Solis S6-EH1P8K-L-PLUS hybrid inverter; G99: 8kw export; 16kWh Seplos Fogstar battery; Ohme Home Pro EV charger; 100Amp head, HA lab on mini PC


   
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