Replacing electric heating with a heat pump means taking out storage heaters, panel heaters or an electric boiler and installing an air-to-water heat pump that heats water for radiators or underfloor heating and a hot water cylinder. If you already have an electric boiler and radiators, the change is similar to a boiler swap. If you have storage or panel heaters, there is no wet system yet, so radiators and pipework need to be installed throughout.
Installers in West Yorkshire work room by room, so you can stay in your home while radiators go in. Bungalows around West Yorkshire with suspended timber floors usually make running new pipework simpler. Flats in West Yorkshire heated by storage heaters can often switch, subject to the freeholder's consent and a workable outdoor position.
Who it suits
- Owners planning redecoration or other building work at the same time
- Bungalows and houses with suspended timber floors that make pipe runs easier
- Homes with storage heaters or panel heaters throughout
- Properties with an electric boiler and existing radiators
Grants and rules for heat pumps in England
Homes in West Yorkshire can use the Boiler Upgrade Scheme, which takes £7,500 off the cost of an air source heat pump when it replaces fossil-fuel or electric heating. Replacing oil or LPG heating qualifies for £9,000 for installations from 21 July 2026 to 31 March 2027, and air-to-air systems for £2,500. The MCS-certified installer named in your quote applies for the grant and deducts it from the price.
There is no VAT on installing a heat pump anywhere in the UK until 31 March 2027. In England most houses can have an air source heat pump under permitted development, provided the unit meets the MCS noise and siting standards; the old 1 m boundary limit was removed on 29 May 2025. We flag listed buildings, flats and sensitive conservation-area positions at survey.
Electric heating to heat pump prices in West Yorkshire
The ranges below are typical installed prices for homes in West Yorkshire, including VAT. A survey sets the exact figure, because two similar-looking houses in West Yorkshire can need quite different radiators and pipework.
| Home | Typical size | Installed guide price | After £7,500 grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1–2 bedroom flat or small terrace | 4–5 kW | £9,300–£12,250 | £1,800–£4,750 |
| 2–3 bedroom terrace or semi | 5–7 kW | £10,300–£13,250 | £2,800–£5,750 |
| 3 bedroom semi or small detached | 6–9 kW | £11,750–£15,200 | £4,250–£7,700 |
| 4 bedroom detached | 8–12 kW | £13,700–£17,650 | £6,200–£10,150 |
| 5+ bedroom or larger older house | 11–16 kW | £16,150–£22,050 | £8,650–£14,550 |
Installed, inc VAT: unit, cylinder, controls, minor pipework and commissioning.
Towns we cover in West Yorkshire
We cover 20 towns in West Yorkshire for replacing electric heating with a heat pump. Each links to local guide prices and the grant position for England.
| Town | Postcode district | Nearest town | Midwinter daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leeds | LS1 | Morley | 7 h 25 min |
| Bradford | BD1 | Cleckheaton | 7 h 25 min |
| Huddersfield | HD1 | Brighouse | 7 h 26 min |
| Wakefield | WF1 | Ossett | 7 h 26 min |
| Halifax | HX3 | Brighouse | 7 h 25 min |
| Dewsbury | WF12 | Ossett | 7 h 26 min |
| Morley | LS27 | Dewsbury | 7 h 25 min |
| Keighley | BD21 | Bingley | 7 h 24 min |
| Castleford | WF10 | Pontefract | 7 h 25 min |
| Pontefract | WF8 | Castleford | 7 h 26 min |
| Yeadon | LS19 | Guiseley | 7 h 24 min |
| Brighouse | HD6 | Halifax | 7 h 26 min |
| Cleckheaton | BD19 | Liversedge | 7 h 25 min |
| Ossett | WF5 | Dewsbury | 7 h 26 min |
| Guiseley | LS20 | Yeadon | 7 h 24 min |
| Liversedge | WF15 | Cleckheaton | 7 h 26 min |
| Horsforth | LS18 | Yeadon | 7 h 24 min |
| South Elmsall | WF9 | Pontefract | 7 h 27 min |
| Mirfield | WF14 | Liversedge | 7 h 26 min |
| Bingley | BD16 | Keighley | 7 h 24 min |
Replacing electric heating with a heat pump questions
Do I qualify for the Boiler Upgrade Scheme if I have electric heating?
In England and Wales, owners of existing homes replacing electric heating can qualify, provided the heat pump meets the home's full heating and hot water needs and the other scheme conditions are met. The grant is £7,500 for an air-to-water system. The scheme does not cover Scotland or Northern Ireland; Scotland has separate Home Energy Scotland funding.
What if I live in a flat?
Many flats can have a heat pump, but you need a suitable outdoor position, such as a balcony, yard or wall bracket, and leaseholders need consent from the freeholder or management company. Planning permission may be needed depending on the nation and the building, which we check at survey. Where a wet system is impractical, an air-to-air heat pump with separate hot water is an alternative.
Can I keep my electric immersion cylinder?
Usually not for heating by the heat pump, because a standard immersion cylinder has no coil, or one too small to take heat at low flow temperatures. A heat pump cylinder replaces it, often in the same cupboard, and keeps an immersion element as backup. If you choose an air-to-air system instead, which does not make hot water, the existing cylinder stays in use.
How disruptive is fitting radiators in a home that has none?
More disruptive than a boiler swap, but planned. Floorboards are lifted to run pipes, some holes are drilled through walls and radiators are hung room by room. Rooms are worked on in a set order so you can keep living at home, and holes are made good, while redecoration is usually yours. The programme in your quote shows how long each stage typically takes.