Heat pumps appeal

MILLIONS of UK homeowners are open to installing heat pumps if the industry is able to supply them as their old boilers come to the end of their lives.

In a new survey only one in five said they would not switch to a heat pump when their boiler needs replacing. Of these only about half said they thought it was too expensive.

Many experts see the pumps, which work in the same way as air conditioners but in reverse, as the future of home heating.