How the tepeo ZEB helped a young family move away from gas with a quick, lower-disruption heating upgrade.
The Home: A family home in London with an old gas boiler inherited with the property.
The Homeowners: Amy and Iain, a young family who wanted to stop relying on fossil-fuel heating.
The Solution: The tepeo ZEB heat battery boiler — fitted indoors, working with their home and charging using off-peak electricity.
Looking for a Way Off Gas
When Amy and Iain moved into their London home, it came with an old gas boiler. Like many families thinking about the future of their home, they wanted to replace it with something cleaner and move away from burning fossil fuels for heating.
At first, the obvious route seemed to be a heat pump.
They looked into it carefully, researched what would be involved and even went as far as getting planning permission. But after working through the practicalities, they felt a heat pump was not the right fit for their home.
The level of work needed to make it perform well felt too much for what they wanted: a simpler, less stressful way to move away from gas.
That was when they found tepeo.
Finding Another Route
For Amy, one of the challenges when researching alternatives to gas heating was that most of the information pointed towards heat pumps.
Heat pumps are a great option for many homes, but they are not the only way to move away from fossil-fuel heating.
The tepeo ZEB gave Amy and Iain another choice: a heat battery boiler that could be installed indoors, work with their home and offer familiar heating without the level of retrofit they had been concerned about.
For a busy young family, that mattered. They wanted the benefits of electric heating without turning the house upside down.
The Solution: The tepeo ZEB
Amy and Iain chose the tepeo ZEB as a replacement for their old gas boiler.
The installation was quick and straightforward from start to finish. The ZEB was fitted in a room between their dining room and bathroom, making excellent use of the available space.
Their washing machine now sits on a shelf above the ZEB, helping the whole area work neatly as a practical utility space. The ZEB itself fits in naturally, almost like another white good in the home.
It is a good example of how the ZEB can suit homes where space matters and where homeowners want a heating system that feels integrated rather than intrusive.
Smart Heating Without the Fuss
One of Amy’s favourite things about the ZEB is how little she has to think about it day to day.
The tepeo App is there when she wants to check or change something, but most of the time the system is simply set on a timer and left to do its thing.
Smart Charging works in the background, helping the ZEB decide when to charge and how much heat to store based on the home’s needs and suitable electricity periods.
For Amy and Iain, that means the system feels easy to live with. It is smart, but not demanding. It does not require constant monitoring or adjustment to keep the home comfortable.
Making the Most of Their Home Energy Setup
Amy and Iain already have solar panels and an electric vehicle, so they were familiar with thinking more carefully about how and when they use electricity at home.
Their electricity tariff works well alongside the ZEB, allowing them to charge during suitable off-peak periods.
The ZEB stores electricity as heat, ready to release through the central-heating system when the home needs warmth. This helps them make better use of their tariff while moving away from gas heating.
For a household already investing in electric technology, the ZEB felt like a natural next step.
The Result: Less Stress, Less Hassle, No Gas Boiler
For Amy and Iain, the ZEB gave them what they had been looking for: a practical alternative to their old gas boiler that did not require the level of work they associated with a heat pump installation.
It fitted neatly into their home, works around their routine and gives them a way to heat their house without burning gas.
After researching heat pumps in detail, Amy was pleased to discover there was another option available.
The ZEB offered the lower-carbon direction they wanted, with less stress and hassle than the route they had initially explored.
For a young London family trying to make a sensible long-term decision for their home, that made all the difference.
Could a ZEB be right for your home?
A ZEB may be worth considering if you are looking for:
- an alternative to replacing an old gas boiler with another fossil-fuel boiler
- electric central heating without an outdoor unit
- a lower-disruption option where a heat pump may not be the right fit
- a system that can often work with suitable existing radiators and pipework
- Smart Charging that can make use of suitable off-peak electricity periods
- a heating system that feels familiar and easy to live with
Every home is different, so tepeo starts with the property, not the technology. If the ZEB is not suitable for your home, we will tell you.
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