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Oil and LPG can be £9,000 until 31 March 2027. Coal is listed at £7,500. Change the fuel and the heat pump to see the row.
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An off-gas home replacing oil with an air-to-water heat pump is in the £9,000 category from 21 July 2026 to 31 March 2027. After that date the standard grant is £7,500.
A typical air-to-water install is often quoted around £10,000 to £16,000 before the grant, so the amount after a £9,000 grant would commonly sit around £1,000 to £7,000. That is a published range, not your quote.
See how quotes workThis is a guide, not a decision. Your installer applies and Ofgem decides.
Amounts come from the GOV.UK grant values notice and the Ofgem property owner page. This is a guide, not a decision. Your installer applies and Ofgem decides.
Both fuels are off the gas grid. The grant values notice does not treat them the same when the replacement is an air-to-water or ground source heat pump.
Oil or LPG
£9,000
Air-to-water or ground source, until 31 March 2027
Coal
£7,500
Same heat pumps, standard row
Difference on the notice
£1,500
Only while the dated oil and LPG category is open
An oil home and a coal home can both be off the gas grid and still sit on different grant rows. The checker follows the notice, not a single off-gas label.
From 21 July 2026 to 31 March 2027, the approved values notice sets a £9,000 grant for an air-to-water or ground source heat pump that replaces oil or LPG. The standard grant for other air-to-water and ground source replacements is £7,500.
The full scheme rules are on the Boiler Upgrade Scheme guide. Coal is explained on its own page because it is the off-gas fuel that does not move to £9,000.
The higher amount needs both the right fuel and the right heat pump. Either one on its own is not enough.
| Fuel | Oil or LPG |
| Heat pump | Air-to-water or ground source |
| Dates | 21 July 2026 to 31 March 2027 |
| Coal to air-to-water or ground source | £7,500 |
| Gas or electric to those heat pumps | £7,500 |
| Any fuel to air-to-air | £2,500 |
The £9,000 category starts on 21 July 2026 and runs to 31 March 2027. A coal replacement does not enter that category on the values notice we checked on 19 October 2026. After the end date, describe the standard £7,500 grant unless a newer notice changes it. The coal grant page keeps that split in one place.
No. On the grant values notice, the £9,000 category is oil or LPG replaced by an air-to-water or ground source heat pump, from 21 July 2026 to 31 March 2027. Coal is listed at £7,500.
No. Air-to-air stays at £2,500 on oil, LPG and coal.
The notice dates the £9,000 category to 31 March 2027. After that date this site describes the standard £7,500 grant unless a later notice says otherwise.
This is a guide, not a decision. Your installer applies and Ofgem decides.
Reviewed by
UK Heat Pump & Funding Specialist
MCIBSE and MCS certified retrofit specialist. Director of Thomson and Sons Low Carbon Consulting Firm Ltd, specialising in heat pump retrofits since 2005.