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Low carbon and water saving kit for UK homes: heat pumps, solar thermal, water reuse and the plumbing changes that go with them.

Everything here is written by Nick Jolliffe, who spent 16 years running plumbers merchants across the south of the UK and a couple more with an independent merchant. This is the category where the marketing runs furthest ahead of what actually gets installed, so the aim here is to be straight about what a technology costs, what it realistically saves, and which homes it suits.

Renewables work almost always needs a registered installer, and for heat pumps it needs an MCS certified one if you want the grant. These guides are here to help you judge a quote, not to replace the person giving it.

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