Up to £9,000 towards a heat pump: the Scottish scheme, explained properly
Not the English scheme you've seen advertised. Check your Home Energy Scotland funding, get an honest size and savings estimate, and see the real running costs, in 90 seconds.
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Where's your home?
Is it in a rural area?
Rural homes qualify for £9,000 rather than £7,500. The live version detects this automatically from your postcode.
Property type
Roughly when was it built?
Bedrooms
What heats your home now?
How's the insulation?
HES usually expects basic insulation first, if yours needs work, funding can cover that too. We'll flag it in your report.
Do you own your home?
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Plus an optional interest-free loan of up to £7,500 for the remainder
Applied for by you via Home Energy Scotland, not the installer. We guide you through every step.
Requires an MCS-certified installer (that's us) and an air-to-water heat pump
Seen "£500 heat pumps" advertised? That's the Boiler Upgrade Scheme, England and Wales only. In Scotland, this HES route is the real scheme.
Your heat pump, honestly costed
Sized from your answers · confirmed by free heat-loss survey
Worth knowing: air-to-air might suit you better.
No wet central heating or a smaller home? Air-to-air heat pumps (like modern AC) heat rooms directly, cost far less to install, and cool in summer. No grant, but a much smaller outlay. Try our air conditioning designer →
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{{ rInstall }}Typical install (before grant)
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{{ rCO2 }}CO₂ saved / year
Design quality, the number that decides your bills{{ statSpf }}
2.8 = UK average install (Govt field trial)4.0+ = properly designed system
Annual heating cost compared
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Heat pump at this SPF{{ valHp }}
Our assumptions, no hidden maths
Heat loss from your home's age, type and insulation (W/m² method); exact sizing needs our room-by-room survey
Efficiency default 2.8 SPF from the Government's 742-home field trial, not brochure figures. Good design gets 3.5–4+, which is why installer choice matters
Fuel rates per kWh of heat: electricity 26.1p, gas 7.8p, oil ~11.2p, LPG ~14.2p
Install range ±15%; grant £7,500 (£9,000 rural) per Home Energy Scotland; radiator or cylinder upgrades identified at survey
Vs mains gas, running costs can be near parity at average SPF, we'll tell you that straight. The grant, design quality and smart tariffs are what tip the maths
Get your free funding & feasibility report
Your HES application, step-by-step
Sizing, radiator and cylinder check
Running costs on standard vs smart tariffs
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Estimates are indicative and confirmed by free survey. Funding subject to Home Energy Scotland eligibility and application. Thermal Care Scotland Ltd · Bathgate, West Lothian · MCS certified. Also try our solar calculator, air conditioning designer or boiler tool.