Emily McCarthy wept tears of joy when she and her family moved back into their home after renting for six months during extensive renovations. It wasn’t just relief at being back in the 1930s terraced house that had been home for nearly ten years. The traffic was stopped outside their home, workmen dug a hole and their gas supply was disconnected – their dream had finally come true: they were fossil fuel-free.
The combination of extra insulation, a triple-glazed bifold back door, new radiators, an air source heat pump and new oak flooring on energy-efficient foam meant that the family of four could disconnect the gas from their Cambridge home, a long-term goal for Emily and her husband, Shane. “When they capped off the gas,
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