2026-09-12 22:17 UTC
@edavies@functional.cafe It wouldn't surprise me if the BUS grant increased profitability of installers, and there are certainly administrative costs, though these have reduced with technology and outsourcing to umbrella schemes (and in any case might be £100s not £1000s).
We are well short of having enough competent installers to meet the government targets for installations (which are low compared to a climate optimal path) . It's not clear that those businesses who do switch being profitable is a bad outcome.
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@jpnp@mas.to 2026-09-12 22:24
@edavies@functional.cafe Schemes such as Heat Geek's "Zero Disrupt" are claiming to bring down costs by using AI to optimise designs for minimal install work while still being efficient. I don't know if this is affecting the average cost of installs yet, but it should. Heat pump installers are competing with the status quo heating system and have an incentive to control price to be competitive.