First Time Central Heating (FTCH) provides homes that have never had a central heating system with a full wet central heating system, including a boiler, radiators, pipework, and controls, installed by our accredited engineers.
A complete heating system tailored to your property's needs.
Warm every room in your home with correctly sized radiators.
Complete pipework installation connecting your boiler to every radiator.
Smart controls so you can set your heating to come on when you need it.
If needed, we arrange your gas supply connection as part of the installation.
Full certification and compliance with all relevant building regulations.
Contact us and we will arrange a free home survey to plan your new heating system.
A surveyor visits your property to assess the best heating solution for your home.
Our engineers design a bespoke central heating system for your property.
Our qualified engineers install your complete central heating system.
Full system handover, certification, and ongoing aftercare support.
First time central heating means exactly that: the house has never had a full wet system. These are the homes we see most.
Expensive to run, slow to respond and often past their best. A central system with a single controllable heat source and radiators sized to each room is the biggest single comfort change a home can get.
Gas fires, open fires and solid fuel stoves heating one room while the rest of the house stays cold. A full system heats every room from one source with one set of controls.
Where gas is available and the property suits it, a gas boiler is the quickest route. Where it is not, or the house is well insulated, an air source heat pump with the £7,500 Boiler Upgrade Scheme grant may be the better answer. Heat pumps →
The same engineers and the same design method, whether it is your house or every home without central heating on a landlord’s programme.
A free survey with a room by room heat loss calculation, then a design and an itemised quote. If gas needs connecting we arrange it.
Homes without central heating are a priority in fuel poverty programmes, and we deliver the measure with the assessment and coordination done in house under PAS 2035.
Funding changes often, so ask us for the current position. As of September 2026 the Boiler Upgrade Scheme gives £7,500 towards an air source heat pump, the Warm Homes: Local Grant runs through councils for eligible lower income households, and social landlords have the Warm Homes: Social Housing Fund. We will tell you honestly whether you are likely to qualify.
Usually a few days for an average house, longer if a gas connection is needed. We plan it so you keep heat and hot water for as much of the work as possible.
Pipework has to run under floors and through walls, so there is disruption, but we lift and relay boards, protect floors and make good as we go. We tell you room by room what to expect before we start.
Yes, and we work for private landlords as well as housing providers. Ask us about the programme route if you have several properties.
Homeowners get a free survey and a heat loss design. Housing providers and contractors get first time central heating surveyed and coordinated under PAS 2035.
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