Boiler repairs in Newton Abbot carry on: the new-build heat pump rules don’t touch your combi

Say you're in Wolborough and you've just read a headline about gas boilers being banned. Do you stop paying for the annual service? Short answer: no. Keep the service booked.

The Future Homes Standard is for new builds in England. The regulations were laid before Parliament in March 2026 and bite on most new homes from 24 March 2027, aiming for at least 75% lower carbon emissions than a home built to the 2013 Part L rules. In practice that means air source heat pumps, solar PV and underfloor heating downstairs. A gas combi won't pass on a new-build. Nobody is being made to pull out a working boiler in an existing house, though. There are roughly 24 million UK homes heated by gas, and they'll all need servicing and repairing for years yet. The government's 2035 target for phasing out new gas boiler installs is a separate thing, and it depends on the technology being ready. Meanwhile a grant is there if you want to switch voluntarily, but only through an MCS-certified installer. So what actually keeps an older boiler going? Annual service, for a start. Check the condensate pipe isn't frozen or blocked, because a condensing boiler will lock out on a cold night in Kingsteignton just as quickly as in Highweek. A magnetic filter on the return catches the black sludge, and a power flush clears radiators that stay cold at the bottom. Keep the system pressure at about 1.2 bar when cold. If your boiler's lost pressure, gone cold or started banging, Steve Carter Services handle boiler repairs in Newton Abbot, Bovey Tracey and the villages around, with a no fix, no charge policy. Details are at stevecarterservices.co.uk.

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