Summer's the best time for central heating offers

If you've got heating cover for your home's heating system, you'll have no doubt noticed that they always prefer to carry out those annual inspections in the Summer months.

This is because the Summer months are traditionally a very quiet time for new heating installations and boiler replacements.

That's exactly why now is the best time to get a quote for replacing an existing old boiler or heating system or getting a new heating system installed.

As well as having a greater choice of dates to choose from, you'll also find there are plenty of offers and discounts on offer as heating engineers across the UK try to keep their diaries full until the onset of the cold weather.

And because having a new or replacement system installed usually means being without any heating for a few days, doesn't it make perfect sense to book your installation while the weather's warmer?

Heating Quoter can help by not only finding you up to three professional heating companies, but also by letting you see feedback on how they perform left by other homeowners - feedback that you can add to with your own comments or star rating.

What's more, our online quoting website will let you specify the type of system you're interested in, whether that's a boiler only or a full system including radiators, how many rooms etc you'll want to heat.

Once you've taken a few minutes to enter your preferences, our website will calculate a guideline price so you'll know, without ever having to have invited a heating company into your home, how much such an installation is likely to cost (before any discounts).

We haven't mentioned the savings you can make on your fuel bills by ditching an old system for a new energy efficient boiler - and it may be possible to get grants covering some of the installation from your local council - the warm-front scheme being just one such example, but check carefully that applying for one grant doesn't exclude you from others, which after consideration may have been more financially beneficial.

Warm Front or Boiler Scrappage Scheme?

At the beginning of January (2010), we launched our new site HeatingQuoter, coinciding with with the launch of Government’s Boiler Scrappage Scheme. We’ve been astounded at the popularity of our newest Quoter website, with over 1,000 homeowners using the site within the first 24 hours to get an instant online quote for their replacement boiler or central heating system installation.

Industry figures suggest that there may be as many as 4.2 million central heating boilers currently being used in homes around England that are eligible for the scrappage scheme, and the Government has estimated more than 125,000 households stand to benefit.

If your boiler has a permanently lit pilot light, is more than 15 years old and gas fired, then it’s likely to qualify for the Boiler Scrappage Scheme.

Two national power companies have already promised to match the £400 allowance with £400 of their own in an attempt to entice homeowners to their business and use their own installation services.

However, charity body Help The Aged has warned pensioners and low-income households receiving benefits to check their eligibility for the Government’s Warm Front scheme before committing to the Boiler Scrappage Scheme. The Warm Front scheme offers up to £3,500 to qualifying households towards the cost of loft insulation, draught excluding and the repair or replacment of heating systems.

Once you have received a grant from either Warm Front or the Boiler Scrappage Scheme, you will not be eligible to apply for the other – so Help The Aged advises pensioners or those on benefits to apply for the Warm Front scheme first. If your Warm Front application is unsuccessful, you can still apply to the Boiler Scrappage scheme.

Mervyn Kohler of Help the Aged added, “If you are not claiming means-tested benefits then we’d recommend you apply for the Boiler Scrappage Scheme.”

Both schemes have a cap on the total amount available to spend in any given year – so if homeowner interest is high, funds may well run out before everyone eligible has applied. This means it will pay to start making enquiries sooner rather than later if you think you have an older boiler that may me eligible for Government funding.

Whether you’re applying for Warm Front or the Boiler Scrappage Scheme, or you just have an old boiler that needs replacing, you can find out more and get a free online quote from HeatingQuoter.co.uk

Experts also predict a £200 a year energy saving, with a new energy efficient boiler fitted compared to older G-rated models.

Central Heating Boiler Scrappage Scheme - New Quoter website

To coincide with yesterdays announcement of the Governments Boiler Scrappage Scheme where homeowners are being offered up to £400 against the cost of a new central heating boiler for qualifying boilers, Home Improvement Quotes launched another 'Quoter website - Heating Quoter.

In line with our other online quoting websites, homeowners and landlords can simply enter their location details and then go on to enter some information about their property - number of rooms, present central heating system etc and our clever website will return a price guide for a new central heating system in seconds.

So, if you've been thinking about replacing your central heating boiler for a newer, more energy efficient model, and you'd like to see if you may qualify for the Governments Boiler Scrappage Scheme (scheme applies to England only), then visit HeatingQuoter.co.uk now and get an online quote in minutes.

For more information, why not visit Home Improvement Quotes website - click here.