Hydrogen Boiler Cost Guide

Hydrogen boilers are the next generation of heating for many homes in the UK. While not on sale yet, working prototypes have been made – and they're likely to be on sale very soon.

When they're available to buy, it's likely that hydrogen boilers will cost around the same as a new gas boiler – approximately £2,275 for combi boiler installation and £2,775 for a conventional boiler.

Type of boiler

Average cost

Combi

£2,275

Conventional

£2,775

System

£2,575

No one knows exactly how much hydrogen boilers will cost, but this is a good estimate. Keep checking back as we get more information on hydrogen boiler prices as development continues.

What will replace gas boilers in 2025?

In 2025, gas boilers will be banned in newbuild homes. Home builders will have to install an alternative source of heating, such as a heat pump, to produce heating and hot water.

Lots of homeowners are worried that this applies to gas boilers already installed in their homes – but fear not. Any home with a gas boiler will still be able to use it to provide heating and hot water long after 2025 – probably well into the 30s.

After that, the government is hinting at using hydrogen to heat our homes by supplying it through the gas grid, so hydrogen boilers will become the leading source of heat for most homes in the UK.

Cost to install hydrogen boiler

Are hydrogen boilers available now?

No, hydrogen boilers aren't available now. Manufacturers Worcester Bosch and Baxi have developed prototypes of hydrogen-ready boilers which can run on natural gas now, but can switch over to 100% hydrogen when the time comes.

Can I convert my boiler to run on hydrogen?

No, you can't convert your current boiler to run on hydrogen. However, most gas boilers and other gas appliances that are available now can run on 20% hydrogen with 80% natural gas.

That means that as we reduce our reliance on natural gas and the government increases hydrogen into the gas grid, your current boiler will still work properly.

So if your gas boiler is old and inefficient but you're trying to hold out for a hydrogen-ready boiler, don't worry. It's still worth installing a new gas boiler, as you'll get many years’ use out of it before you would need to switch to something that runs on 100% hydrogen.

How much will a hydrogen boiler cost to fit?

The hydrogen boilers in development right now are very similar to natural gas boilers. Since most boilers could run on a blend of gas and hydrogen right now, we can assume that hydrogen-ready boilers will cost around the same amount to fit as gas boilers.

There will probably be laws put in place to ensure that only trained installers can fit hydrogen boilers. If the entire gas grid is switched to hydrogen, Gas Safe engineers will probably be trained to install them.

Hydrogen boiler fitting costs will still depend on whether you want your boiler installed in the same place as the old one – boiler relocation costs will be higher.

Are hydrogen boilers cheaper to run?

The jury's out on whether hydrogen boilers are cheaper to run. Hydrogen is expected to cost more per kilowatt hour (kWh) than natural gas, but it is far more efficient.

Hydrogen can produce nearly three times as much heat per kWh, so hydrogen boilers won't need to use as much fuel as gas boilers to heat your home effectively.

As hydrogen boilers will work in a similar way to gas boilers, we can expect that they will be required to have a high efficiency rating as gas boilers are. Hopefully that means that homeowners will see a saving on their energy bills with the introduction of hydrogen in the supply.

Do you need a tank for a hydrogen boiler?

No, you won't need a tank for a hydrogen boiler. The idea is that hydrogen boilers will be supplied via the mains gas pipes that are already installed in 85% of homes in the UK.

Over time, the amount of hydrogen in the supply from the gas grid will increase until we no longer use natural gas to heat our homes.

Get a quote for a hydrogen blend-ready boiler

If you want to future-proof your home and update your old gas boiler to a hydrogen blend-ready one, post your job on HaMuch for a gas boiler now. Get quotes from a range of Gas Safe registered engineers who can recommend boilers that will run on up to 20% hydrogen.


Estimates for common heating engineer jobs;

Job Estimate
Cost to replace a hot water immersion heater £275
Cost to fit underfloor heating £250
Cost to service a gas fire £150
Cost to replace a vented hot water cylinder £330
Cost to replace a central heating pump £95
Cost to replace a heating programmer £180
Cost to powerflush a central heating system £500 Visit
Cost to install heating oil storage tank £1250
Cost to replace an oil boiler £1330
New combi or system boiler installation – like for like replacement £500
Cost to move and relocate a boiler £830
Cheap boiler insurance £10.00 per month
Cost to install skirting board heating £990
Cost to install an LPG boiler £1190
Cost to install hydrogen boiler £1350
Cost to install a gas fire £350
Cost to install a chimney liner £575
Cost to install biomass boiler £1430
Cost to install a ground source heat pump £3750
Cheap gas £110.00 per month
Cost to fix a boiler fault error code £85
Cost to replace an unvented hot water cylinder, e.g., Megaflo £305
Cost to fit thermostatic radiator valves (TRVs) £94
Cost to fit smart heating controls £100
Cost to fit a magnetic filter for boiler £113
Cost to fit a heated towel rail £75
Cost to fit a radiator £80
Cost to install a gas cooker or hob £190
Boiler service cost £90
Boiler repair costs (e.g. pump, diverter valve or heat exchanger) £333
Cost to install an air source heat pump £556
Replacement of a vented system £580

Rates for other trades

Install hydrogen boiler cost in the UK
Install hydrogen boiler cost in the UK (excluding VAT or callout charges)
Location in UKInstall hydrogen boiler cost
Install hydrogen boiler near Aberdeen£1136
Install hydrogen boiler near Amber Valley£968
Install hydrogen boiler near Angus£1080
Install hydrogen boiler near Arun£1100
Install hydrogen boiler near Ashfield£956
Install hydrogen boiler near Aylesbury Vale£1128
Install hydrogen boiler near Barnsley£944
Install hydrogen boiler near Basildon£1048
Install hydrogen boiler near Basingstoke & Deane£1120
Install hydrogen boiler near Bassetlaw£980
Install hydrogen boiler near Bath & North East Somerset£1056
Install hydrogen boiler near Bedford£1144
Install hydrogen boiler near Belfast£888
Install hydrogen boiler near Birmingham£956
Install hydrogen boiler near Blackburn£924
Install hydrogen boiler near Blackpool£984
Install hydrogen boiler near Bolton£988
Install hydrogen boiler near Bournemouth£1096
Install hydrogen boiler near Bracknell Forest£1168
Install hydrogen boiler near Bradford£936
Install hydrogen boiler near Braintree£1036
Install hydrogen boiler near Breckland£968
Install hydrogen boiler near Bridgend£912
Install hydrogen boiler near Brighton£1072
Install hydrogen boiler near Bristol£1028
Install hydrogen boiler near Broadland£1056
Install hydrogen boiler near Broxtowe£952
Install hydrogen boiler near Bury£972
Install hydrogen boiler near Caerphilly£896
Install hydrogen boiler near Calderdale£912
Install hydrogen boiler near Cambridge£1120
Install hydrogen boiler near Canterbury£1008
Install hydrogen boiler near Cardiff£916
Install hydrogen boiler near Carmarthenshire£800
Install hydrogen boiler near Charnwood£928
Install hydrogen boiler near Chelmsford£1036
Install hydrogen boiler near Cheltenham£1224
Install hydrogen boiler near Cherwell£1148
Install hydrogen boiler near Chester£912
Install hydrogen boiler near Colchester£1024
Install hydrogen boiler near Conway£824
Install hydrogen boiler near Coventry£944
Install hydrogen boiler near Crewe & Nantwich£960
Install hydrogen boiler near Dacorum£1136
Install hydrogen boiler near Derby£924
Install hydrogen boiler near Doncaster£972
Install hydrogen boiler near Dover£940
Install hydrogen boiler near Dudley£956
Install hydrogen boiler near Dumfries & Galloway£1012
Install hydrogen boiler near Dundee£1088
Install hydrogen boiler near East Ayrshire£836
Install hydrogen boiler near East Devon£980
Install hydrogen boiler near East Dunbartonshire£1124
Install hydrogen boiler near East Hampshire£1080
Install hydrogen boiler near East Hertfordshire£1128
Install hydrogen boiler near East Lindsey£892
Install hydrogen boiler near East Riding£780
Install hydrogen boiler near Eastleigh£1120
Install hydrogen boiler near Edinburgh£1072
Install hydrogen boiler near Elmbridge£1172
Install hydrogen boiler near Epping Forest£1168
Install hydrogen boiler near Erewash£940
Install hydrogen boiler near Exeter£1016
Install hydrogen boiler near Falkirk£1100
Install hydrogen boiler near Fife£1068
Install hydrogen boiler near Flintshire£912
Install hydrogen boiler near Gateshead£1036
Install hydrogen boiler near Gedling£944
Install hydrogen boiler near Glasgow£1108
Install hydrogen boiler near Gloucester£1264
Install hydrogen boiler near Guildford£1192
Install hydrogen boiler near Gwynedd£896
Install hydrogen boiler near Halton£964
Install hydrogen boiler near Harrogate£916
Install hydrogen boiler near Havant & Waterloo£1064
Install hydrogen boiler near Highland£1280
Install hydrogen boiler near Horsham£1088
Install hydrogen boiler near Huntingdonshire£1116
Install hydrogen boiler near Ipswich£1252
Install hydrogen boiler near Isle of Wight£1052
Install hydrogen boiler near Kings Lynn & West Norfolk£1040
Install hydrogen boiler near Kingston-upon-Hull£784
Install hydrogen boiler near Kirklees£924
Install hydrogen boiler near Knowsley£948
Install hydrogen boiler near Lancaster£1060
Install hydrogen boiler near Leeds£924
Install hydrogen boiler near Leicester£932
Install hydrogen boiler near Lisburn£884
Install hydrogen boiler near Liverpool£944
Install hydrogen boiler near London£1160
Install hydrogen boiler near Luton£1152
Install hydrogen boiler near Macclesfield£984
Install hydrogen boiler near Maidstone£1036
Install hydrogen boiler near Manchester£972
Install hydrogen boiler near Mid Bedfordshire£1120
Install hydrogen boiler near Mid Sussex£1112
Install hydrogen boiler near Middlesbrough£992
Install hydrogen boiler near Milton Keynes£1128
Install hydrogen boiler near Neath Port Talbot£940
Install hydrogen boiler near New Forest£1084
Install hydrogen boiler near Newbury£1108
Install hydrogen boiler near Newcastle-under-Lyme£920
Install hydrogen boiler near Newcastle-upon-Tyne£1040
Install hydrogen boiler near Newport£920
Install hydrogen boiler near North Ayrshire£908
Install hydrogen boiler near North East Lincolnshire£964
Install hydrogen boiler near North Hertfordshire£1132
Install hydrogen boiler near North Lanarkshire£1112
Install hydrogen boiler near North Lincolnshire£892
Install hydrogen boiler near North Somerset£1012
Install hydrogen boiler near North Tyneside£1028
Install hydrogen boiler near North Wiltshire£1224
Install hydrogen boiler near Northampton£1108
Install hydrogen boiler near Norwich£1032
Install hydrogen boiler near Nottingham£928
Install hydrogen boiler near Nuneaton & Bedworth£932
Install hydrogen boiler near Oldham£976
Install hydrogen boiler near Oxford£1156
Install hydrogen boiler near Pembrokeshire£804
Install hydrogen boiler near Perth & Kinross£1084
Install hydrogen boiler near Peterborough£1140
Install hydrogen boiler near Plymouth£984
Install hydrogen boiler near Poole£1092
Install hydrogen boiler near Portsmouth£1052
Install hydrogen boiler near Powys£1200
Install hydrogen boiler near Preston£964
Install hydrogen boiler near Reading£1176
Install hydrogen boiler near Redcar & Cleveland£968
Install hydrogen boiler near Reigate & Banstead£1156
Install hydrogen boiler near Renfrewshire£1088
Install hydrogen boiler near Rhondda, Cynon, Taff£876
Install hydrogen boiler near Rochdale£976
Install hydrogen boiler near Rochester-upon-Medway£1120
Install hydrogen boiler near Rotherham£952
Install hydrogen boiler near Salford£968
Install hydrogen boiler near Salisbury£1016
Install hydrogen boiler near Sandwell£952
Install hydrogen boiler near Scarborough£1056
Install hydrogen boiler near Scottish Borders£1520
Install hydrogen boiler near Sefton£956
Install hydrogen boiler near Sevenoaks£1084
Install hydrogen boiler near Sheffield£964
Install hydrogen boiler near Slough£1172
Install hydrogen boiler near Solihull£956
Install hydrogen boiler near South Ayrshire£916
Install hydrogen boiler near South Bedfordshire£1144
Install hydrogen boiler near South Cambridgeshire£1084
Install hydrogen boiler near South Gloucestershire£1044
Install hydrogen boiler near South Kesteven£1080
Install hydrogen boiler near South Lanarkshire£1064
Install hydrogen boiler near South Oxfordshire£1136
Install hydrogen boiler near South Somerset£1048
Install hydrogen boiler near South Tyneside£1032
Install hydrogen boiler near Southampton£1104
Install hydrogen boiler near Southend-on-Sea£1016
Install hydrogen boiler near St Albans£1164
Install hydrogen boiler near St Helens£948
Install hydrogen boiler near Stafford£960
Install hydrogen boiler near Stockport£984
Install hydrogen boiler near Stockton-on-Tees£996
Install hydrogen boiler near Stoke-on-Trent£920
Install hydrogen boiler near Stratford-on-Avon£996
Install hydrogen boiler near Stroud£1160
Install hydrogen boiler near Suffolk Coastal£1332
Install hydrogen boiler near Sunderland£1032
Install hydrogen boiler near Swale£996
Install hydrogen boiler near Swansea£920
Install hydrogen boiler near Tameside£972
Install hydrogen boiler near Teignbridge£1000
Install hydrogen boiler near Tendring£1168
Install hydrogen boiler near Test Valley£1068
Install hydrogen boiler near Thamesdown£1240
Install hydrogen boiler near Thanet£1048
Install hydrogen boiler near The Wrekin£1080
Install hydrogen boiler near Thurrock£1060
Install hydrogen boiler near Torbay£992
Install hydrogen boiler near Trafford£988
Install hydrogen boiler near Vale of Glamorgan£924
Install hydrogen boiler near Vale of White Horse£1180
Install hydrogen boiler near Vale Royal£904
Install hydrogen boiler near Wakefield£944
Install hydrogen boiler near Walsall£952
Install hydrogen boiler near Warrington£988
Install hydrogen boiler near Warwick£968
Install hydrogen boiler near Waveney£1012
Install hydrogen boiler near Waverley£1152
Install hydrogen boiler near Wealden£1076
Install hydrogen boiler near West Lancashire£956
Install hydrogen boiler near West Lothian£1120
Install hydrogen boiler near West Wiltshire£1224
Install hydrogen boiler near Wigan£960
Install hydrogen boiler near Windsor & Maidenhead£1168
Install hydrogen boiler near Wirral£936
Install hydrogen boiler near Wokingham£1164
Install hydrogen boiler near Wolverhampton£960
Install hydrogen boiler near Wrexham Maelor£1064
Install hydrogen boiler near Wychavon£1056
Install hydrogen boiler near Wycombe£1192
Install hydrogen boiler near York£908