However, we went through a charity a couple of years ago (one of my kids has a disability) looking to see if they knew of any grants to help us replace our boiler - next we heard was an organisation called Warmworks Scotland who came and did an assessment, and ended up replacing our entire heating system for free under a Scottish scheme. So yes, it's a possible thing.
But may be worth going through a charity and referrals rather than a cold caller.
(We also keep getting calls about loft insulation, but think they want to do the foam spray stuff - which I don't think ever seems to be a good idea)"},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/52247116","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"guilbert53"},"datePublished":"2024-02-21T18:30:34.000Z","text":"Best to tell your dad NEVER to deal with cold callers at the door.
A lot of older people are very trusting and sadly there are a lot of scammers around.
And of course once your dad is happy to talk to one cold caller word will get around and he is likely to get a lot more.
Best to nip it in the bud now."},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/52244193","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"JimboParrot"},"datePublished":"2024-02-21T11:24:44.000Z","text":"Is this them:
greenphoenixsolutions.co.uk/ene…ers"},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/52244739","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"bigwheels"},"datePublished":"2024-02-21T12:34:47.000Z","text":"I had it done via Eon, 5 years ago I think it was.
The Gov green deal or somthing like that."},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/52245730","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Willy_Wonka"},"datePublished":"2024-02-21T15:07:26.000Z","text":"What is the company name & the company number & registered office address on the paperwork he was given & have you checked it matches 100% with companies house website?"},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/52245772","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"tommydelboy"},"datePublished":"2024-02-21T15:13:36.000Z","text":"Is it an electric boiler? Be careful, running costs could be huge"},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/52247266","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"1234emk"},"datePublished":"2024-02-21T18:51:53.000Z","text":"Don't like the fact it's a cold caller but they may well be fine. We used a company like this 3 or 4 years ago who were essentially just middle men. Tried eon first but the wait was considerably longer. If your dads boiler is working okay but just old and inefficient I'd be tempted to try Eon or other energy firm first. I think they all have to allocate some funds to help homes become more energy efficient. At least that used to be the case"},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/52256073","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"C0mm0d0re_K1d"},"datePublished":"2024-02-22T22:36:26.000Z","text":"Sounds very dodgy to me.
Hasn't the government scrapped the boiler scrappage scheme, to try and force everyone onto unsuitable heat pumps?"}],"commentCount":16,"interactionStatistic":9,"articleSection":"Ask"}