Is your home without a gas central heating system, and you’re wasting a lot of money heating it with an alternate heater? Look no further, we are here to help! If you now heat your home using Electric Heaters, Electrical Storage Heaters, or even Gas Room Heaters – or if you have no heating system at all – you may be eligible for First Time Central Heating (FTCH).
Retrotech Home Installations Ltd will install a new Gas Combi Boiler as well as radiators in various rooms around the home. To be eligible, your house must have never had Gas Central Heating or radiators, and your existing heating system must be old, inefficient, or broken.
To obtain grants to cover some or all of the cost of your property’s first time central heating, you’ll need to meet the following eligibility criteria:
- Your must own your property
- Alternatively, you can privately rent (and apply with the landlord’s consent)
- No existing central heating system exists
- You claim for one or more state benefits administered by DWP
Eligibility Criteria
- You must own the house you live in.
- You must be on benefits.
- Current boiler should be 5+ year old.
- 3+ Bedrooms
Qualifying Benefits
- Armed Forces Independence Payment
- Attendance Allowance
- Carer’s Allowance
- Child Benefit (on the condition that the household’s relevant income does not exceed the amount set out in
- Chapter 3 of our scheme guidance)
- Constant Attendance Allowance
- Disability Living Allowance
- Pension Guarantee Credit
- Income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
- Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA)
- Income Support
- Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit
- Mobility Supplement
- Personal Independence Payment
- Severe Disablement Allowance
- Tax Credits (Child Tax Credits and Working Tax Credits)
- Universal Credit
