Ideal Heating partnership simplifies access to heat pump market

Ideal Heating and the Heat Pump Installer Network (HPIN) have teamed up to provide a free, simple and supported pathway into the fast-growing market.

The alliance makes it quicker and easier for traditional boiler engineers to become heat pump installers, they say. The Ideal Heat Pump Expert partnership makes the market more accessible through a simple process that covers training, paperwork and payment. It also takes care of Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) registration.

The partnership will enable installers to earn £2,500-£5,000 per job when installing a heat pump through Ideal Heating and HPIN. They can also earn £150 for each technical assessment and an additional £500 bonus if the installation is for a customer that the installer referred.

HPIN was founded by Clayton Browne, an apprentice-trained gas installer by trade who installed his first heat pump in 2002. He says: “By coming together, we’ll be providing thousands of gas boiler installers with a simple, supported pathway to heat pump installations, without the need for them to become MCS-registered.

“We’re joining the dots for installers, taking the hassle out of moving into heat pumps and enabling them to enter this fast-growing market with confidence.

“It’s all completely free for members of the scheme. There is zero cost to join and zero cost for the training, with installation jobs provided, all design work completed and equipment supplied.”

Mark Derbyshire, managing director (Domestic Products) at Groupe Atlantic UK, Republic of Ireland and North America, says: “This partnership …will play a very significant role in supporting gas boiler installers to access the rapidly growing heat pumps market.

“Together with HPIN, we’ll be helping installers every step of the way in their journey to become Ideal Heat Pump Experts.”

Picture shows Ideal Heating managing director (Domestic Products) Mark Derbyshire (left) with HPIN manager Mike Henderson and technical director Simon Wells (right).