How many Yorkshire homes are off the gas grid?

Yorkshire and the Humber sits near the national average of roughly 15% of households overall, but the rural districts are far higher. Our free regional dataset gives the estimated figures and methodology.

Is infrared cheaper than oil in the Dales?

Not necessarily per unit of heat, but the comparison changes once tank replacement, deliveries, servicing and whole-house heating are included. For part-time occupancy it often works out cheaper overall.

Do you cover rural North Yorkshire?

Yes. We confirm installer coverage for the specific postcode before progressing an enquiry, because rural coverage genuinely varies between installers.

What about replacing storage heaters in Leeds or Sheffield?

Very common. We look at your tariff, occupancy and electrical supply, then compare modern storage heaters, radiant panels and a heat pump rather than assuming one answer.

Infrared heating in Yorkshire

Yorkshire splits cleanly into two heating markets: gas-connected cities and towns, and a large rural belt across the Dales, Moors and Wolds where mains gas simply is not available. The right answer is different in each, and this page sets out both honestly.

Quick answer

Is infrared heating worth it in Yorkshire?

In rural Yorkshire it frequently is, because the realistic alternatives are oil, LPG, solid fuel or ageing storage heaters, all of which carry tanks, deliveries or servicing. In Leeds, Sheffield, Bradford, Hull and York, where mains gas is available and the whole house is heated continuously, gas remains cheaper to run and we will say so.

The rural off-gas-grid belt

Across the Yorkshire Dales, North York Moors and the Wolds, a large share of property has no mains gas connection. Stone farmhouses, converted barns, hamlet cottages and estate buildings rely on oil tanks and LPG, with winter delivery access a genuine problem on upland lanes.

Radiant electric heating removes tanks, flues, deliveries and annual servicing, and heats occupied rooms rather than a whole house of cold stone. Our regional dataset gives the estimated off-gas-grid share for Yorkshire and the Humber and the source behind it.

Storage heater replacement in the cities

Leeds, Sheffield, Bradford, Hull and York all carry large stocks of flats and terraces on Economy 7 storage heating, much of it thirty years old and increasingly out of step with when people are actually at home. Search demand for storage heater replacement across Yorkshire towns is steady and rising.

Replacement is not automatically infrared. We compare modern high-retention storage heaters, radiant panels and a heat pump against your tariff and occupancy pattern, because the tariff arithmetic decides this more often than the heater technology does.

Commercial and community buildings

Village halls, churches, agricultural workshops and light industrial units across the region share one profile: used intermittently, hard to insulate, and expensive to heat by warming air. Radiant heating aimed at the occupied zone is the standard specification for exactly this pattern.

For any commercial enquiry we compare radiant electric, gas radiant, warm air and a heat pump on capital and running cost, then route it to an installer with coverage and experience in that building type.

A sensible shortlist

Check whether mains gas is genuinely available at the property, not just in the village.
For oil or LPG comparisons, include tank maintenance, deliveries and servicing, not just unit rates.
For storage heater replacement, get the tariff arithmetic modelled before choosing a technology.
In stone and solid-wall buildings, ask about fabric measures alongside any heating quote.
Confirm NICEIC or NAPIT registration and electrical certification.

Frequently asked questions

Reviewed by the Infrared Heat Solutions technical team · Last updated July 2026 · Data sources: Ofgem price cap, Energy Saving Trust, first-party running-cost model

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