First Time Central Heating (FTCH)
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First Time Central Heating
If your home does not currently have central heating and is heated by another method, then you may qualify for a Central Heating Grant to pay for the installation of central heating in the property.
If your home is heated by electric heaters, electric fires, wood/coal fire, gas fires or electric storage heaters then these are eligible for replacement with an energy efficient central heating system.
IMPORTANT
To qualify for First Time Central Heating through the ECO4 Scheme, your house MUST ALREADY HAVE an existing Mains Gas supply.
First Time Central Heating grants
First Time Central Heating is available as part of the ECO scheme. If you don’t have a central heating system, or a system with a boiler and radiators, then you may be eligible for First Time Central Heating.
Qualifying heating types
- Electric room heaters
- Gas room heaters
- Gas fire with back boiler
- Solid fossil fuel fire with back boiler
- Electric underfloor or ceiling heating (not part of an electric boiler)
- Bottled LPG room heating
- Solid fossil fuel room heaters
- Wood/biomass room heating
- Oil room heaters
- No heating in place
Who qualifies for First Time Central Heating?
To be eligible for the grant, someone living at the property must receive one or more of the qualifying benefits. There may be exceptions to this rule under ECO Flex, and this is determined at the local council’s discretion.
Qualifying benefits
- Income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
- Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA)
- Income Support (IS)
- Pension Credit Guarantee Credit (PCGC)
- Working Tax Credit (WTC)
- Child Tax Credit (CTC)
- Universal Credit (UC)
- Housing Benefit
- Pension Credit Savings Credit (PCSC)
- Child Benefit
*Child Benefit income threshold to qualify to receive ECO 4 fund.
| Number of children | Single claimant | Member of a couple |
| 1 | £19,900 | £27,500 |
| 2 | £24,800 | £32,300 |
| 3 | £29,600 | £37,200 |
| 4 + | £34,500 | £42,000 |
Am I eligible for the First Time Central Heating Grant?
To be eligible for the grant for First Time Central Heating, you need to either own your own home or privately rent it. Your house should be well insulated to ensure that the cost of using your central heating is kept low.
What if my house needs insulation?
If your house needs additional insulation, our team can discuss your options and arrange for this to be installed.
Can you help with gas connection?
A gas connection and a gas meter are requirements. If this is not currently present at your house, our team may be able to help you organise a gas line connection for your house.
Get your grant today
Do you want a warmer house and cheaper energy bills? Who doesn’t! Apply now for your Heating & Insulation Grant and see how much you could save. If your not sure you’re eligible apply now and we can help.
Heat The Home do all the hard work from checking your eligibility to organising the surveyors & installers. All you have to do is get in touch today.
How do I know if I am eligible?
To apply for an ECO Grant and be able to have building work carried out on your property for free, you need to meet certain criteria. If you are applying for a first-time central heating grant you must be a homeowner or live in a private rental.
We are with you every step of the way. As long as your home has no record as ever having had any type of central heating, you are a homeowner or a tenant in a private rental, and anyone in your household is in receipt of one of the qualifying benefits, we can help you.
If you are in privately rented accommodation, the eligibility is based on your situation, not your landlords, though you will need your landlord’s permission to have the work carried out.
- Income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
- Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA)
- Income Support (IS)
- Pension Credit Guarantee Credit (PCGC)
- Working Tax Credit (WTC)
- Child Tax Credit (CTC)
- Universal Credit (UC)
- Housing Benefit
- Pension Credit Savings Credit (PCSC)
- Child Benefit
We are to help you, apply now for one of the First Time Central Heating Grants and enjoy a warm cosy home
What other energy saving grants are available?
Improve your home energy efficiency today
Internal Wall Insulation
You could apply for free internal wall insulation today. We can help to check if you meet the requirements
Cavity Wall Insulation
Save money and enjoy a warmer house. Your cavity wall insulation grant is waiting for you to claim it today.
First Time Central Heating
If your home does not currently have central heating and is heated by another method, then you may qualify for a Central Heating Grant.
Loft Insulation
Reducing the amount of heat lost from your home lowers your carbon footprint and your energy bills.
We are to help you, apply now for one of the First Time Central Heating Grants and enjoy a warm cosy home
This is a Government Backed Scheme
If you want to learn more about the ECO scheme, please visit the GOV.UK website. Grants are funded by the 'Affordable Warmth' part of the energy company obligation.
Saving money on your energy bills
The great part about claiming your energy efficiency grant is that it will save you money. When you improve your house, whether you have added insulation or heating it will be warmer.
Your house will now retain the heat better, so it will need less energy to heat it. This means lower energy bills and more money in your pocket.
The grants are available and they will save you money. So get yours today and start saving!
Can I get a grant for windows?
The Government tends to change how the grants work and what the criteria are.
Sometimes certain grants are not available. You may want your windows fixed but that might not be currently available.
We live and breathe grants, the best thing is to contact us, and we will be able to tell you what’s available.
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